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The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Letting...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...

Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...

Reposit has increased the number of agencies offering its deposit alternative product.   This increase in agent customers comes as Reposit reports growth...

Nearly a third of tenants are borrowing money to fund a cash deposit, a survey claims. A poll of 1,000 current renters...

A new 'How to Rent' guide has been released by the government today, with letting agents and private landlords reminded they...

The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...

The government has delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document - it had been expected today.  The How to Rent...

A new How To Rent guide is to be issued on Friday, according to a government communication with the National Residential...

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

The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction.  Failure...

The government has issued a new How To Rent Guide - the critical document that both letting agents and landlords have...

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...

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...

The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...

Agents have reacted angrily to the way in which the government released a new set of rental documents updated to include...

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

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...

The government has issued a new How To Rent guide - a key document which agents or landlords managing their properties...

Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...

A specialist insurance firm claims that only 17 per cent of tenants receive the latest version of the mandatory How To...

The How To Rent guide - the document which has to be given to new tenants by letting agents or landlords...

Buy to let expert Kate Faulkner says tenants should undertake more research on agents, landlords and properties before choosing a place...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...

An initiative between the Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation will help charities and other organisations offer...

A reminder to agents - the government has issued an updated version of the How To Rent booklet which has to...

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...

Ahead of the next academic year, a letting agency has been advising prospective students on how to rent a property while...