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Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

Leading property lawyer David Smith is to give agents an update on a key legal case at a webinar next week. Smith,...

Government data suggests that almost 54 per cent of the UK’s remaining smokers are tenants - and against that backdrop, an...

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

Hull council has won a legal case in the High Court against a local trade body, the Humber Landlords Association. The claim...

Three agencies have been heavily fined after a property in London was being used for multiple occupation with 11 people living...

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...

A tenant appears to be entitled to pay sub-market rent for the rest of his life after a legal case involving...

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...

The people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...

A fascinating insight into claims being made against Foxtons by a legal firm acting on behalf of landlords has been posted online. In...

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...