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A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

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

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

FCS Compliance has announced its latest anti-money laundering webinar tailored exclusively for Rightmove members.   Are you ready for an HMRC inspection is...

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

A long-standing estate agency is launching a lettings service for the first time in its 30 year history. The Carver Group, based...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

A proposal for one of the country’s largest ever private rental sector licensing schemes has gone out to consultation. Manchester’s Labour council...

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

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

Agents are being warned about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding rental property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest provider of...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

A PropTech provider has created an app to remotely view and inspect properties in real time.  With InventoryBase Live the tenants undertake...

A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...

Inventory clerks can continue their regular work through the lockdown so long as they adhere to Cobid-safe protocols. That’s the message from...

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

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

A lettings agent has been awarded the contract to take over the rental properties, marketing and inspections of the entire residential...

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

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...

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

Automated lettings and management platform teclet has announced a new inventory solution with No Letting Go and its Kaptur inventory app. Kaptur...

A solicitor involved in the Court of Appeal case which ruled in favour of the private rental sector has spoken of...

Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The country’s largest provider of inventory services has launched its new processes, overhauled to cope with social distancing and the remaining...

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

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

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

A Blackpool lettings agent has come to the rescue of two NHS nurses whose car had broken down - and now...

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

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

PropTech platform teclet is offering letting agents that list with OnTheMarket a three month trial offer of a digital inventory service. One...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...

It looks almost certain that agents and landlords must ensure electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new...

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...

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

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

A landlord has been fined almost £2,500 for breaching an improvement notice issued by Cambridge City Council. Noelle Salameh was fined after...

A crackdown on letting agency websites by a Trading Standards team has found the significant majority of them to be breaking...

Private landlords are to be given a month’s rent upfront and 12 months’ membership of a trade body if they sign...

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord.  In a case brought by Telford...

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...

Private landlords are being asked to consider letting out their properties through the local council.  Slough council is looking for flats and...

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it backs the stricter rules on mandatory electricity checks in rental properties announced by...

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...

A PropTech company chief is backing the controversial idea of spot checks on private rental sector properties in a bid to...

A landlord has been prosecuted for failing to comply with Improvement Notices on her property and failing to licence her house...

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

A 10 week consultation period begins today on selective licensing in the central area of Blackpool - with the council threatening...

Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences in relation to a house in...

The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...

A Welsh local authority is offering a cash payment of up to £1,200 to landlords who join a quasi-letting agency run...

No Agent, a platform for landlords which says circumnavigates the need for letting agents, has announced $1.1m in investment - around...

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

The BBC’s reality programme The Week The Landlords Moved In should act as an eye-opener for the lettings industry when it...

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

The current ‘busy season’ for lettings turnovers at the end of student terms would be made significantly easier if agents and...

A PropTech company claims its new software platform will make it easier for letting agents and property managers to co-ordinate maintenance...

Letting agents and property managers will soon have a new way to coordinate maintenance reports and inspections, thanks to a refreshing...

Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...

As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....

To coincide with students' return to university, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, SELECT, has launched a radio campaign to...

The newly-elected mayor of Bristol and the city’s council have endorsed a so-called ethical lettings charter created by a group known...

A landlord has been fined £550 after failing to take action from a prohibition order issued by a council.   West Lindsey authority...

A landlord is to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next week after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to fire...

An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...

One of the UK’s largest suppliers of carbon monoxide and smoke alarm testing products has launched a record-pad to help agents...

Winter is the right time to conduct mid-tenancy inspections of rental properties according to the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  This is...

Landlords should make sure they are regularly checking their property to ensure tenants are not subletting without permission. Staying on top of...

The trading standards division of a London council claims it has checked on all 202 letting agencies in its borough to...

New funding will help up to 65 councils tackle rogue landlords who let out substandard homes including the hated Beds In...

A landlord has been handed a total fine of £75,215 for a number of offences, including failing to licence four houses...

The growth of the PRS has provided a long list of benefits for the lettings industry. However, it is not without...

A property being let out in Lincolnshire produced an unexpected surprise for the agent and landlord handling a routine inspection -...

No one likes to be called and told, your boiler has broken down or a burst pipe has caused damage to...

A lettings organisation claims that a council licensing scheme in London will mean compulsory monthly visits to properties being let out. Harrow...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...

Almost half of students (49%) surveyed by Glide Utilities said their weekly rent represents good value for money, the firm has...

A group of renters who have formed the Acorn group in Bristol - which has already held protests against letting agents...