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Industry suppliers are linking up to host a webinar for agents this week outlining the growing risks of tenancy fraud. HomeLet, Let...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

Speculation is growing that a high profile former leader of the Association of Residential Letting Agents may become the next chief...

The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...

The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...

The founder of a leading letting agency coaching organisation has won a coveted international award. Agent Rainmaker was set up by Sally...

A property ownership and management company has been fined £20,000 for failing to carry out safety and fire safety improvement works...

The UK lettings and estate agency is being targeted by crime syndicates in order to launder dirty money. That’s the claim of...

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...

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

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

Research by deposit protection provider mydeposits has revealed that the average deposit paid has fallen year on year since the start...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

Industry trade body Propertymark says no Right To Rent checks will be required to be conducted by letting agents on Ukranian...

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

Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...

The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar aimed at...

The government has issued revised guidelines for the possession process in the private and social rented sectors in the light of...

The Labour Mayor of Bristol has spoken out about the threat to the mainstream rental sector posed by the proliferation of...

An anti-money laundering service has linked with a lettings software specialist. The alliance between FCS Compliance and  Rent4sure will provide Rent4sure clients...

With the steady introduction of rental platforms and apps designed to bypass letting agents and property managers in the tenancy process,...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

A PropTech supplier claims that increased automation can help letting agents meet the demands of the government’s Levelling Up agenda. Openview –...

PropTech supplier Goodlord is to host a webinar on Thursday answering letting agents' questions onthe implications of the landmark ruling on...

Theresa Wallace, the chair of The Lettings Industry Council, has given her backing to compulsory changes to rental property listings introduced...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...

Inventory Base Academy has launched its new course - how to start your own inventory operation. The new course is aimed at...

The leader of one of Britain’s highest profile lettings agency operations has let rip at the government for what he calls...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a new Tenancy Compliance service through its pre-tenancy progression software, BOX.  The Lettings Hub says...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

Rightmove is launching a new insurance product for letting agents called Agent Revenue Protection. It is designed to pay out up to...

Propertymark has expressed a sigh of relief at a decision this week by the Appeal Court, which ruled in favour of...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...

The Home Office has confirmed that letting agents, landlords and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...

Specialist anti-money laundering service FCS Compliance is beginning its latest series of AML webinars designed for Rightmove members.  What you need to...

One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines issued by...

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...

A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties.  David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...

Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...

Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...

Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...

The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

A letting agency has been issued with penalty notices worth £3,000 for operating illegally. Back in 2014 it became a legal requirement...

A lettings agent who also runs a tenant complaint insurance service has renewed his attack on landlords and local authorities. Ajay Jagota...

Effective enforcement is crucial to stamp out rogue lettings agents and protect consumers says safeagent. In the latest edition of its Effective...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons.  A home insurance company...

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

A lettings agency has been prosecuted by Birmingham council for unlawfully evicting a tenant. Principal Homes is based at Great Barr and was...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...

A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...

Letting agents using rent protection and legal expenses insurance via Goodlord will have their rent protected until vacant possession, with no cap...

The Property Redress Scheme has expelled an agent operating a guaranteed rent scheme which failed to pay £150,000 to a former landlord client. The agent...

A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

An international residential platform which manages 200,000 properties in 29 countries across Europe - including the UK - has signed an...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

Almost half of renters in England have been victims of illegal behaviour from landlords or lettings agents, Shelter claims. The stark allegations...

Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

A lettings agent has taken the unorthodox approach of advising tenants to take their landlords to court in a bid to...

Virtual Right To Rent checks by agents, which were to have been illegal from just next week, are now permissible until...

A local authority in Essex is cracking down on what it claims to be the increase of illegally positioned estate agent...

A prominent lettings agency owner has given his verdict on the concept of charging renters to view a property - “it...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

A landlord and the property company of which he is director have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £17,000...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

A PropTech lettings platform boasting investment from the Foxtons agency has been snapped up by LegalforLandlords for an undisclosed figure. Propoly, launched...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

The latest version of the government’s guidance to agents over how to operate during the continuing pandemic suggests that virtual viewings...

There’s a new warning the rental fraud could be on the rise. Due diligence firm Homeppl says the combination of possible job...

A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...

Two well known PropTech providers to the lettings sector have announced they have now fully integrated their technology, meaning users of...

It always pays to rely on the services of a reputable referencing company. The lure of free credit checks or basic referencing...

A rogue tenant has tried to bribe two letting agents with hush money after they discovered his cannabis growing factory. Anisi Hamollari,...

A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...

The new co-owner of two branches of Martin & Co is combining legal work with sales and lettings. Barrister Tom Fazackerley has...

The man behind an early version of deposit replacement for the private rental sector has now set up a service encouraging...

ARLA Propertymark says letting agents have a vital role to play in highlighting the rights of private rental sector tenants. The comment...

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

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

Reliable referencing remains the cornerstone of every letting agent’s business. Landlords rely on their agents to get it right, and to protect...

An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...

A local authority has explained its role in ensuring that a private landlord could arrange for an electrical safety inspection to...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

A global ban on parties in Airbnb properties, started back in August last year, has been extended until the end of...

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...

There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...

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

The UK Association of Letting Agents - a trade body rival to ARLA Propertymark - says it’s seen “a robust membership...

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...

Many letting agents fail to conduct the obligatory identity checks on landlord clients according to an industry supplier. Blinc UK says that...

The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...

A prominent industry figure says lettings agents will have a key role educating landlords over the controversial Breathing Space scheme introduced...

Councils are failing to protect tenants in three out of four cases where they discover rental homes are unsafe, according to...

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

Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully...

The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...

The DPS is hosting free dispute webinars to enable landlords and letting agents to navigate the dispute resolution process. More than 2,000...

One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage...

Another lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay an outstanding compensation award - but...

A group of rental campaign bodies have come together to claim that some 694,000 tenants apparently face eviction when the current...

A property company and a landlord have each been found guilty of 27 charges relating to the management of two properties...

The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...

An influential group of MPs has called for the replacement of “outdated” Energy Performance Certificates with new ‘Building Renovation Passports’. Currently EPCs...

A lettings agency in central London has been issued with a fine for not belonging to a Client Money Protection scheme. The...

The well known former managing director of the Association of Residential Lettings Agents, David Cox, is today attempting to explain what...

An investigation is underway into a lettings agency which has gone into liquidation owing almost £500,000 in rent to landlords and in...

There's been a warning that tenants should not be deceived when a landlords wants possession of their property. Lindsays law firm says...

A head tenant who posed as a landlord has been taken to court by a London council. Sonia Nascimento rented a converted...

Rightmove’s David Cox - formerly of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - is to talk through the Budget fallout for...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...

Local media in the Homes Counties report that two arrests were made after police were called by a lettings agency where...

A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...

A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...

There’s an hour-long webinar this morning, aimed at giving property professionals the latest information on arrears, possession cases and evictions.  It’s at...

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...

The Law Society of England and Wales has come out in favour of the latest ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  The extension to...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

The controversial subject of pets in private rental properties is likely to be the chief point of debate at a webinar...

The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...

The controversial subject of pet-friendly tenancies has been grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the government. The Ministry of Housing,...

Lambeth council is consulting agents, landlords and others on its latest licensing proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupation. The new proposals would...

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

Activists from a range of pressure groups have reacted angrily to what they call a half-baked eviction ban announced by the...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

A long-running case about a house divided up and let out without planning permission has resulted in a fine of nearly...

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...

An overwhelming 98 per cent of agents who are members of The Property Ombudsman scheme pay compensation when an investigation is...

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

A London lettings agency has described a £3,600 charge to a tenant as “entirely reasonable and legal.” The i newspaper has featured a...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic.  Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...

A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...

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

In a dramatic return to the agency world, the former chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is joining...

A new PropTech tool for agents claims to help weed out time-wasters and reduce the viewing-to-offer ratio. Rental Passport, produced by LegalforLandlords,...

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

A legal expert for ARLA Propertymark is recommending that letting agents consider serving a second Section 8 notice if a tenant's...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

The legal industry says the end of the eviction ban must be the moment to ensure the widest number of tenants...

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

Tenant concierge service Tenant Shop is linking with Legal & General to offer insurance products across the private rental sector.  Tenant Shop...

A Derbyshire estate agent has escaped a driving ban after being found smoking cannabis in a car. Annabelle Lamb was spotted with...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...

In what is claimed to be an industry first, PropTech platform Goodlord has signed the Race Fairness Commitment. This commits Goodlord to...

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals...

One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

A property built without planning consent and then illegally let to a family has been knocked down by Ealing council in...

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...

Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

Airbnb has been ordered to pay some 52,000 euros in compensation to the owner of an apartment in Paris after a...

ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

Residents at home during lockdown who may have seen families crammed into overcrowded HMOs are being asked to report the properties...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s to construct another 350 homes as part...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

The lettings and management software platform teclet has announced its latest partner - LegalforLandlords. Agents using teclet - which is currently offering...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

The Property Ombudsman is warning agents not to discriminate against tenants through a No DSS or any similar policy. Following the legal...

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...

A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...

A new service called Cornwall Housing Private Lets has been set up in the west country to try to lure private...

The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...

A former letting agent has been censured over the handling of tenancy deposits following an investigation by a local council. Andrew Rhys...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

Liverpool’s Labour mayor says he is confident that the city will, after all, be able to renew its city-wide licensing scheme. Housing...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21.  The call comes from the Law Society for...