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Electric Vehicle charging points in rental properties are going to be expensive and should be planned and saved for now, according...

Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...

Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...

Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...

The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...

Propertymark has entered the debate about whether buy to let landlords should be amongst those receiving help from the government 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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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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...