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Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Airbnb’s global chief executive has suggested that the short lets platform may handle longer term rentals in future. Brian Chesky, in an...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...
23 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency maintenance manager stole almost £100,000 from her company - but has escaped prison. Farida Mughal was working at the...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings sector trade body says implementing well thought-out appraisals is a key element to attracting and retaining valued personnel. The UK...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency manager stole nearly £140,000 from her company to help clear her son’s drug debt. Wendy Dare, 57, is now...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...
23 March 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...
03 January 2023
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...
22 November 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
A PropTech supplier claims to be shaking up the lettings market with the launch of its revolutionary Property Management software this...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The controversial rent...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Shocking figures have emerged regarding the long-running problems caused by banks demanding that agencies have a designated client account for each...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent industry supplier says lettings agents must be increasingly transparent on the services they provide - not just to landlords...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...
27 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
Belvoir, the franchise giant, has launched an official podcast and the first episode includes an in-depth interview with chief executive Dorian...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark President Maxine Fothergill has lifted the lid on what is required of a letting agent holding that position in...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Perhaps few letting agents consider giving anything like rewards to tenants, but if they did there might be a case for...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The classic winter time arguments between tenants and agents over what is damp and what is mildew can be resolved by...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Over half of tenants who have stayed at short let home-based properties via Airbnb or similar platforms have broken or damaged...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A PropTech chief says there’s substantial opportunity for letting agents to earn more revenue - so long as they understand their...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Zero Deposit has outlined three top tips for letting agents - with a focus on what the Proptech firm calls “customer...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Coming out of Covid and realising that relaxed procedures will be tightened up once again, will present challenges to letting agents...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The managing director of Fixflo, Rajeev Nayyar, says the pandemic has changed the context in which agents should view tenants’ complaints. In...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has told estate agents to ensure at least one Union Jack is present in properties during both physical and...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The new chief executive of Propertymark says being a member of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is a sign of...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...
07 January 2021
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The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...
29 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
A crooked lettings agent stole almost £30,000 from dozens of clients to prevent his business from going bankrupt. Tim Catherall, of Nottinghamshire,...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A prominent PropTech company has given its 134 staff the right to work anywhere they wish on a permanent basis -...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A Derbyshire estate agent has escaped a driving ban after being found smoking cannabis in a car. Annabelle Lamb was spotted with...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Registration is open for The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference, being held as a webinar later this month. The event can be watched...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s been revealed that Upad, the lettings agency which closed at short notice in October last year, had three prospective buyers...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The national homelessness charity Crisis has unearthed shocking findings about a common but under-reported form of homelessness – sofa surfing. The report,...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Agent and co-founder of new end of tenancy PropTech solution The Depositary, Kristjan Byfield, has spoken to Letting Agent Today about...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A respected lettings and sales agent has opened up about his own mental health issues and those which exist thanks to...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News
In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
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A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...
12 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
ARPM Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...
01 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
A buy to let investor has been fined more than £5,000 and ordered to pay a further £4,000 after HMO offences. John...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Five homeless people will have a roof over their heads this Christmas thanks to a kind-hearted PropTech chief. Mike Georgeson, founder of...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News
What are the magic ingredients for building a strong brand, attracting new customers and building trust with your target market? Gareth Helm,...
13 September 2018
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A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £13,000 for breaching the conditions of his licence as a result of...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The former office manager of an estate agency in Scunthorpe conned her employer out of over £34,000, a court has heard. Local...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last 12 months to boost the energy efficiency...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Letting Agent Today editor Graham Norwood speaks to Kristjan Byfield, founder of The Depositary and Base Property Specialists at FUTURE: PropTech 2018. ...
14 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
Letting Agent Today editor Graham Norwood speaks to Neil Cobbold, chief operating officer of PayProp in the UK at FUTURE: PropTech...
14 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
Countrywide - which is making the lettings sector a key part of its ‘back to basics’ programme - is proposing to...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Small-scale landlords and those with the very largest portfolios appear to be ‘resizing’ - selling off some units to cope with...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Neil Cobbold, COO of PayProp, advises letting agents to act now to beat the upcoming letting agent fee ban and discusses...
27 March 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
Brighton’s largest lettings agency MTM Property has rebranded under the new name Coapt. The rebranding involved a year of workshops, client and...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent has been charged £1,000 after telling a new tenant to dump waste left by a previous occupier into...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...
02 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Letting Agent Today understands that senior industry figures are working on the framework of a new attempt at regulation, including measures...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News
The boss of a lettings agency in London says there is a need for the private rental sector to become more professional...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
Q: What does it say on your business card? Tim Wright, Product Director, KeyAGENT Q: What does KeyAGENT do? We’re a team of multi-award...
28 July 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
A landlord has been fined over £15,000 after failing to maintain gas appliances at the domestic property in Haverfordwest. Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 after pleading guilty to breaching three separate fire regulations. Charles Thornton was fined...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The founder of a PropTech start up called No Agent says despite his firm’s name he does not want to see...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a buy to let landlord...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A family-run firm is offering a tenant referencing service involving a face-to-face interview of prospective tenants in their current accommodation. It claims...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Tenant demand for private rented accommodation is continuing to rise according to a market report from specialist lender Paragon Mortgages. While a...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
A former administrator at a Savills letting office has admitted embezzling around £16,000 from the firm over a five and a...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector says this new segment of the lettings market is...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News
A law firm called CaseHub says it is launching a “once-in-a-generation fight back against extortionate letting agent practices” in the shape of...