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A consultation over the summer looks set to be the first part of a radical change to the structure of communal...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Property management specialist Pinnacle Group has strengthened its digital offer for customers across its residential portfolio, signing a three-year deal with...
09 March 2022
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The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has entered the debate about whether buy to let landlords should be amongst those receiving help from the government in...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Two agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay compensation awards. Thamlet Estates, based in east London,...
20 January 2022
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London-based block and facilities services provider SBA Property Management has acquired management agency Paul Samuel Associates. A specialist property management firm with...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings once again dominated the complaints received by The Property Ombudsman according to its latest annual report - out today but...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are seeking views of agents, landlords and tenants on a new...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...
29 June 2021
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Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client. The Century Wharf Estate...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A block management company owned by the Leaders Romans Group has been awarded over £6.5m in government building safety funds to...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

Rent to the value of £10,982.25 is to be returned to tenants by a landlord who was operating without a licence. Mrs...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman. The figures refer...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says its new digital ‘guide’ programme has been a tremendous success and is evidence that the portal’s investment in new...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Two long-established lettings and sales agencies on the south coast have merged in a bid to “enhance customer experience.” Smart Property and...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....
23 October 2019
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A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has issued a reminder to all agents to ensure they have the correct redress membership to cover the...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman after receiving over 100 separate complaints, and failing to pay over £419,000...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...
29 August 2018
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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...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The three-branch London agency Kay & Co has been named the Smaller Managing Agent of the Year at the ARMA ACE...
12 July 2018
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Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says he welcomes reforms currently moving through Parliament to professionalise the lettings sector - but he wants...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...
01 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

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...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

You have only until 11.45pm tonight to have your say on government proposals to clamp down on letting and managing agents...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist operator Leasehold Solutions is the latest to welcome the government’s suggestion of a regulatory watchdog to oversee leasehold...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday. The...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...
14 September 2017
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A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Southwark council in south London is sending leaflets to all its leaseholders to warn them that letting out homes on any...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper. Introducing in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A plentiful supply of freehold properties in our cities may become a thing of the past as urban areas become increasingly...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Some industry organisations have spotted that under new legislation now in effect, tenants’ associations are being given the right to gain...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Magistrates have fined the leaseholders and landlords of a 10-flat property in north London £120,000 after finding they had put the...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has to pay over £16,500 after being found guilty of failing to licence her ex-council flat with the local...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News

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