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Two agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay compensation awards. Thamlet Estates, based in east London,...

London-based block and facilities services provider SBA Property Management has acquired management agency Paul Samuel Associates. A specialist property management firm with...

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

Lettings once again dominated the complaints received by The Property Ombudsman according to its latest annual report - out today but...

New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...

The Property Ombudsman and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are seeking views of agents, landlords and tenants on a new...

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

Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client.  The Century Wharf Estate...

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

A block management company owned by the Leaders Romans Group has been awarded over £6.5m in government building safety funds to...

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

Rent to the value of £10,982.25 is to be returned to tenants by a landlord who was operating without a licence. Mrs...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

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

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...

  Zoopla says its new digital ‘guide’ programme has been a tremendous success and is evidence that the portal’s investment in new...

Two long-established lettings and sales agencies on the south coast have merged in a bid to “enhance customer experience.” Smart Property and...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

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

A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...

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

The Property Ombudsman has issued a reminder to all agents to ensure they have the correct redress membership to cover the...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...

A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...

A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents has launched a first-of-its-kind Client Money Protection to members.  Although CMP schemes are to be mandatory...

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman after receiving over 100 separate complaints, and failing to pay over £419,000...

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

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...

The three-branch London agency Kay & Co has been named the Smaller Managing Agent of the Year at the ARMA ACE...

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

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says he welcomes reforms currently moving through Parliament to professionalise the lettings sector - but he wants...

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...

A leasehold campaigner has called on the Queen to end her support for what he calls the UK's “feudal leasehold system” by changing the...

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...

You have only until 11.45pm tonight to have your say on government proposals to clamp down on letting and managing agents...

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...

It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...

PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist operator Leasehold Solutions is the latest to welcome the government’s suggestion of a regulatory watchdog to oversee leasehold...

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...

Southwark council in south London is sending leaflets to all its leaseholders to warn them that letting out homes on any...

A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper.   Introducing in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...

A plentiful supply of freehold properties in our cities may become a thing of the past as urban areas become increasingly...

Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...

Some industry organisations have spotted that under new legislation now in effect, tenants’ associations are being given the right to gain...

Magistrates have fined the leaseholders and landlords of a 10-flat property in north London £120,000 after finding they had put the...

A landlord has to pay over £16,500 after being found guilty of failing to licence her ex-council flat with the local...

The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...

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Nearly 40 per cent of all homes sold under Right To Buy in England have gone on to become buy to...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a radio advertisement for Direct Line Landlord Insurance because it has been judged to be...