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Tenant referencing. It’s a necessary evil.  Although most tenants are responsible and pay their rent on time, broke swindlers with dubious...

A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...

A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway.  A statement from the National Trading Standards...

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...

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

Industry supplier The Lettings Hub has launched what it calls a free to use pre-tenancy management platform for agents. Called BOX it...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...

An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively.  Rentround...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has been named as one of the top 50 start-ups to work for in London. Recruitment platform Tempo...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...

A leading PropTech figure says using text messages to remind tenants when rent is due and chase late payments is a...

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...

Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has agreed a partnership with another PropTech operator to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership with...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

A prominent PropTech figure says agents have a key role in reducing evictions in the short term - and he suggests...

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

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

Management software provider Goodlord has added Reapit to its list of integrations, with a preview for customers being available on a...

Last month, we were all caught by the surprise news that the government was extending the temporary ban on evictions just...

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

Three agents have been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation awards.  In the case of Foremost Lettings Ltd...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...

Greenwich council in London has resuscitated a proposal to extend its existing selective licensing regime, put on ice during the Coronavirus...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference - for a second time. Back in March it was postponed until...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

The government has outlined new court procedures to address the expected backlog of cases when eviction proceedings resume on August 24. For...

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

The government says it’s currently working to ensure the eviction process returns smoothly when the ban expires in late August. In the...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...

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

Airbnb has been ordered to pay some 52,000 euros in compensation to the owner of an apartment in Paris after a...

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

The MRI Software company is hosting a free webinar with key figures from two companies it works with.  Viewber co-founder Ed Mead...

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies.  The new...

A company is marketing an app which monitors social distancing; it says this could be applicable in agents’ offices. Called iTWOsafe is...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is inviting agents and landlords to a series of webinars to discuss the three stages of a...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...

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

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

A former estate agent who has set up an online platform giving information on property values for London renters and buyers...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

Research by the National Residential Landlords Association and the Which? consumer body has revealed that some 53 councils in England alone...

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

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

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

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

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

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

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

A council says it’s considering lending funds for improvement to landlords who “behave fairly and appropriately” - and buy into a...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...

Pressure group Generation Rent claims half of London’s councils did not fine any landlords for letting out unsafe homes in the...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...

The PropTech platform Movebubble has upgraded its features to increase rivalry between lettings agents and thus enhance the renting experience for...

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

The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...

A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...

It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...

Birmingham’s Labour-led council is to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction from June, which means a planning application must be submitted for...

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...

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

Lobbying government can work, at least in some circumstances, as the Association of Residential Lettings Agents has seen in Wales.  Letting agents...

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...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

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

A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...

A PropTech firm says lettings and sales agents are less efficient because software providers and the wider industry have done too...

The Welsh Government says it’s going to issue clarifications to some issues before the end of this year; if agreed by...

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure...

The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing...

A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...

The government has this week published a learning toolkit for local authorities to help them with enforcement against rogue landlords and...

Letting agents are to be offered free training in managing tenancy deposits and disputes if they operate in Edinburgh. In the last...

Did you know that preparing for a deposit dispute starts at the beginning of a tenancy? When tenants and landlords disagree about...

A landlord who failed to provide information regarding a buy to let property has been fined £2,080.  Tenants contacted Colchester council in...

Last week’s revelation that approaching 50 per cent of letting agents surveyed in London were in breach of the law is...

HM Revenue & Customs has launched what appears to be a fishing expedition to find out information about investor landlords who...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants agents and tenants to have access to the government’s high profile but so far...

A joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset council has uncovered a string of issues connected with rental...

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act - which bans fees levied by agents and landlords on tenants - comes into...

Police in South Shields have called for the sharing of information about tenants in HMOs - and a council is considering...

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released a five point plan on how the public can choose a letting agent. 1....

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

A lettings agent in London has been fined for the third time in as many years – this time for failing...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

Lloyds Bank appears to have contacted at least some of its letting agent clients to say that it is closing all...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform.  The move means agents who process both...

Eviction expert Paul Shamplina has urged letting agents and referencing companies to invest in technology to improve fraud detection. The call comes...

Local authorities are failing in their duty to prosecute criminal letting agents, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has warned. The NLA says...

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...

Letting agencies can reduce the number of complaints about the industry and improve their own customer service and relationships by improving...

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

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...

A PropTech product is claiming a breakthrough for letting agents who can now access same-day referencing on prospective tenants. LetAlliance claims that...

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

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says that success of its information centre shows that the industry wants more information on the deposit...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...

A lettings agency in the West Midlands is reported to have closed its two offices at short notice, leaving clients angry...

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

A buy to let investor has been left with a £2,000 bill and a criminal conviction after letting out his property...

A new PropTech start-up that claims to make student house-hunting easier is offering free listings to lettings agents with London properties. Polygon...

Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...

A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Taha Dar, founder and CEO of SearchSmartly. What is SearchSmartly and...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme is the latest player in the private rental sector to launch online tools to help letting agents cope...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...

There’s a claim today that around one million amateur and professional landlords in the new short lets sector are not adequately...

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...

Lettings automation service teclet has revealed that the Tenant Shop is the latest partner integrated into its platform. Tenant Shop provides energy,...

A council in the west country has launched a grading system for property agents which it says is designed to be...

New research on private renting and mental health in Wales has concluded that more support is required.  The research was undertaken for...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

A letting agent in east London has been fined £4,000 after apparently publishing the incorrect fees that it levies on tenants...

The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...

Disrepair in communal areas of private blocks is to be tackled in a new series of seminars for letting agents and...

The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...

A buy to let investor who let out a converted attic room despite it being the subject of a council prohibition...

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...

The Labour party has expressed outrage at the news that London councils are spending over £22m each year renting back homes...

Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...

A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...

Online lettings platform HomeRenter says its property listings are now more detailed and more compelling thanks to a new ‘property creation flow’...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...

Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...

Shock figures released by an insurance company suggest that councils are woefully unable to police new regulations regarding mandatory HMO licensing. Figures...

Two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the...

A PropTech company has won approval from the Financial Conduct Authority to go ahead with a scheme which offers tenants a...

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...

A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” has won the backing...

A property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme based on claims of capital appreciation and rental income has been shut down...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

A managing agent who used ‘ghost tenants’ as a front so that she could cram 16 people into one overcrowded house...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

A new PropTech tool tells users how much it would cost to rent a house in various areas for a ‘lifetime...

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

20% more landlords* are struggling compared to last year. They’ve been caught in a perfect storm of higher interest rates, bigger...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a reminder to the industry of the need to understand and abide by...

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

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...

Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings...

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a new database to help its agent members keep abreast of compliance issues in the lettings sector.  The...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The latest monthly report from the Association of Residential Letting Agents puts the  number of rental properties managed by agents at...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Propio, another crowdfunding platform, has launched with the ambitious claim of expecting returns from residential investments of between six and 15...

A Build To Rent business says investors in the private rental sector should be more flexible in their approach to private...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

Foxtons has lost an appeal against the £35,000 fine it was hit with at the end of last year.  The agency was...

How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Spring – the season of rebirth, revitalisation and regeneration – is now upon us, and it’s a time of the year...

There are plenty of helpful and reliable professionals in the letting industry, however it’s no secret that there are a lot...

A council says it is adopting a new approach to proactively tackling poor housing conditions in privately rented homes in one...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

The Property Ombudsman has released details of two letting agencies expelled over financial issues, and the extension of an expulsion period...

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...

Three head tenants who sub-let a three bedroom house to 35 men have been hit with over £23,000 in fines. Gheorghe-Valentin Lingurar...

A Birmingham-based student lettings agency says it has seen improved response rates from student tenants and viewers thanks to the use...

One of the many firms that has sprung up to manage Airbnb-style short let accommodation says it backs the Labour Party’s...

Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...

The code sets out the standards to be met by anyone engaged in lettings including specific requirements around how clients’ money...

Vesper Homes, a high-end London property management firm, has developed an Alexa Skill which will mean landlords and tenants can receive...

We’re delighted to announce that later this month there will be a regular feature each week called Property Jobs Today.  It will...

We’re delighted to announce that later this month there will be a regular feature each week called Property Jobs Today.  It will...

A former councillor says letting agents should be responsible for ensuring student tenants know how to organise their bins in a...

Harrison Murray, the lettings division of the Nottingham Building Society, has launched a portal for landlords and tenants. The agency says it...

In 2018, Google will introduce changes to the way it ranks websites, meaning sites will be ranked on the quality of...

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...

The first London boroughs are now rolling out the Greater London Authority’s ‘Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker’ - allowing tenants to...

A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...

The Welsh Government has confirmed that the country will ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - the same ban still...

Changes to Universal Credit have made it easier for claimants to rent homes but the government needs to do more to...

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...

A claim has been made that as many as 80 per cent of prospective tenants have been put off renting a...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

A portal which allows renters to review their lettings experiences and which encourages agents to buy and download tenants' references has...

A London council is inviting letting agents in its boundaries to a briefing session tomorrow morning ahead of the introducing of an...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has launched the third and latest phase of its national campaign with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute...

Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...

PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...

Trading Standards says representatives from 15 departments will today visit lettings and property management firms across London in a bid to...

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

The buy to let market risks becoming a car crash following the changes of lending rules for so-called portfolio landlords with...

The number of landlords has fallen over the last two years despite a rise in supply of homes available to rent,...

Agents who review and modernise their rent collection procedures could claim back thousands of pounds in rent, an automated payments platform...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should remember that a ‘Register My Appliance’ scheme has been set up to...

The Residential Landlords’ Association, which last autumn published important statistics on the spread of short lets within London, is now looking...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has announced a major overhaul of its buy to let mortgage offer, but it is bucking the trend...