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The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists from a range of pressure groups have reacted angrily to what they call a half-baked eviction ban announced by the...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...
16 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A long-running case about a house divided up and let out without planning permission has resulted in a fine of nearly...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team. It has come from...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An overwhelming 98 per cent of agents who are members of The Property Ombudsman scheme pay compensation when an investigation is...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A London lettings agency has described a £3,600 charge to a tenant as “entirely reasonable and legal.” The i newspaper has featured a...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic. Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...
29 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

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

In a dramatic return to the agency world, the former chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is joining...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

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,...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A legal expert for ARLA Propertymark is recommending that letting agents consider serving a second Section 8 notice if a tenant's...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...
07 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...
28 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The legal industry says the end of the eviction ban must be the moment to ensure the widest number of tenants...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Tenant concierge service Tenant Shop is linking with Legal & General to offer insurance products across the private rental sector. Tenant Shop...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A Derbyshire estate agent has escaped a driving ban after being found smoking cannabis in a car. Annabelle Lamb was spotted with...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

In what is claimed to be an industry first, PropTech platform Goodlord has signed the Race Fairness Commitment. This commits Goodlord to...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A property built without planning consent and then illegally let to a family has been knocked down by Ealing council in...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Airbnb has been ordered to pay some 52,000 euros in compensation to the owner of an apartment in Paris after a...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Residents at home during lockdown who may have seen families crammed into overcrowded HMOs are being asked to report the properties...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin. Landlord...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s to construct another 350 homes as part...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The lettings and management software platform teclet has announced its latest partner - LegalforLandlords. Agents using teclet - which is currently offering...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus. The call comes...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice. A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...
12 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...
11 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman is warning agents not to discriminate against tenants through a No DSS or any similar policy. Following the legal...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector. LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A new service called Cornwall Housing Private Lets has been set up in the west country to try to lure private...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A former letting agent has been censured over the handling of tenancy deposits following an investigation by a local council. Andrew Rhys...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...
06 February 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Liverpool’s Labour mayor says he is confident that the city will, after all, be able to renew its city-wide licensing scheme. Housing...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21. The call comes from the Law Society for...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Labour party has mocked the government’s £4m new funding for councils to combat rogue agents and landlords as “puny.” A statement...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been found guilty of unlawful harassment and misleading and aggressive practices, and will be sentenced next month. Ragoopathy...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Times claims there have been well over 200 complaints lodged with redress schemes, alleging that lettings agents tried to charge...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...
11 December 2019
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

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has expelled three lettings agencies from its scheme because of unpaid awards to landlord clients. The first is Kingsman...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The controversial tenants union Acorn has set up a web page where disgruntled renters can lodge complaints about letting agents. In the...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Government data suggests that almost 54 per cent of the UK’s remaining smokers are tenants - and against that backdrop, an...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An east London lettings agency must pay more than £2,500 after a six-foot-high pile of waste was found fly-tipped on land...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent jailed in March for taking £220,000 from tenants and landlords is now in trouble over her legal representation. Heather...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A crackdown on letting agency websites by a Trading Standards team has found the significant majority of them to be breaking...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Did you know that preparing for a deposit dispute starts at the beginning of a tenancy? When tenants and landlords disagree about...
26 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Legal & General is introducing a Rental Protection Plan for tenants, thought to be one of the first examples of this...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord. In a case brought by Telford...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...
13 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally letting his property out to 11...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A national awareness campaign is required to help landlords get to grip with new Energy Performance Certificate legislation. That’s the view of...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...
05 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act - which bans fees levied by agents and landlords on tenants - comes into...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Police in South Shields have called for the sharing of information about tenants in HMOs - and a council is considering...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts. This...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...
15 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies. The agency was...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has announced that it is officially freezing its fees to landlords. The move was previewed in Foxtons’ recent trading statement which...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to complete the largest privately funded development in Wales, Cardiff Central Square, which will include...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Legal & General, one of the largest specialist builders of so-called retirement communities for the over-55s, is now going to let...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined almost £5,000 after admitting overcrowding. Matteo Mariano, from Gedling in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty at...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The concept of a so-called rental property passport would rapidly improve the quality of accommodation and landlords, and would be far...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A managing agent has been convicted by a local council for failing to properly license his property. Leon Hill, of Leighton Buzzard,...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...
28 June 2019
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If you are a letting agent who has begun to question your worth, stop. The value of property management is rising...
27 June 2019
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Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £60,000 after - in the words of the council - “being found...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A director of a lettings agency has been fined for creating false tenancies in a bid to avoid paying council tax...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector trade body has written to a council accusing it of initiating an “unlawful” fee structure for a licensing...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...
28 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

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association and Gas Safe Register have joined forces to promote gas safety awareness in the private rental sector. The...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Paul Skinner, Operations manager at LetHQ. My business card...
16 May 2019
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Legal & General has exchanged contracts on two adjacent sites in south London to deliver its largest Built To Rent scheme...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is threatening Oxford Council with a judicial review of its landlord and letting agent accreditation scheme. The...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s now under four weeks to the introducing of the Tenant Fees Ban across England and the Association of Residential Letting...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News

With the tenants’ fees ban just five weeks away focus is shifting to how agents can make up for lost income...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading legal firm is warning that Right To Rent could become even more complicated for letting agents and landlords after...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Figures given through a Parliamentary answer have revealed just how bad councils in England are at policing and enforcement action against...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Legal & General is to develop a Brighton industrial estate into the town’s first Build To Rent scheme. The work will go on...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

With the government already on the ropes over Brexit, there’s a call today for one of its flagship immigration policies to...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A dawn raid on unlicensed HMOs in north London last week were the latest sign of a crackdown on rogue operators...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Hull council has won a legal case in the High Court against a local trade body, the Humber Landlords Association. The claim...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Doncaster council has paid £100,000 to a private landlord who threatened to take it to court over alleged slander. Local media outlets say...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Another controversial scheme licensing landlords who let their homes out may face legal challenge. Middlesbrough council’s formal consultation on the introduction of...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
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Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman - the agency at the centre of the long-running legal dispute with OnTheMarket - has acquired the Rowcliffes...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord who left his tenant homeless after changing the locks while he was on holiday has been hit with a...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A legal firm has renewed its criticism of local authority licensing schemes, accusing them of “persecuting” landlords. David Kirwan, managing partner at...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Council enforcement officers have raided a house in Wembley, north London, and found 19 tenants paying a landlord £1,000 a week. Brent council’s...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major Build To Rent providers has signed a deal to deliver 324 flats in a major city...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest report for the rental sector by the TDS Charitable Foundation calls for greater cooperation between property professionals and tenants...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech exponent is supporting the government’s Housing Court initiative, suggesting it could make redress for agents, landlords and tenants...
22 January 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

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector has snapped up a site in a major city centre...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...
11 January 2019
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The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A local authority claims that a court decision may set a legal precedent for other councils across the UK using the...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Famous buy to let landlord Judith Wilson has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay almost £15,000 costs for failing to...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Nottingham council - which recently introduced one of the largest and most controversial selective licensing schemes in the country - now...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord is almost £42,000 worse off after repeatedly ignoring council orders to stop illegally letting so called “beds in sheds”...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A council says it has been preparing prosecution and penalty notices “for hundreds of private landlords that have failed to apply...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A London agency has been fined for the second time in 11 months. Local media in Barking, east London, report that Primelodge...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent who let a tiny room behind a kitchen in a property in London has been ordered to pay...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has this week launched a new Training Academy which aims to help landlords, agents and property...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
29 August 2018
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The mystery surrounding a lettings and estate agency on the island of Guernsey offers an insight into a system where companies...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on the West Tower in Manchester’s Deansgate, bringing the firm’s total of BTR units in...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering. Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s controversial Right To Rent policy is to be challenged in the High Court just before Christmas. It was announced in...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has told another council that its plans to introduce selective licensing in areas of its town are...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s asking its member to get behind Gas Safety Week which takes place from...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined £1,750 because of his alleged “aggressive practices”. Shafaqat Ali Sadiq, of Derby, has been...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A date has been set for the next stage of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, which is being promoted...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector, says it has pre-let 50 per...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association says proposals from Great Yarmouth council to introduce selective licensing in one part of the town contains...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Airbnb is facing more attempts to regulate its short lets, this time with the European Commission calling on the platform to...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Crooked letting agents and landlords have so far this year been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash – and there’s...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...
16 July 2018
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The government has issued a new How To Rent guide - a key document which agents or landlords managing their properties...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex. Liz...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Three agencies have been heavily fined after a property in London was being used for multiple occupation with 11 people living...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
02 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

Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme. The first is Bower & Bower (B&B), a sales and lettings...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A head tenant who changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to no fewer than 35 men has...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The High Court has this afternoon agreed to allow a judicial review of the government’s Right to Rent policy. Right to Rent...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The controversial Right To Rent regime whereby agents and landlords are expected to check the immigration status of would-be tenants is...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures from the Home Office show that as of the end of March, a total of 405 fines for non-compliance with...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A national charity is calling on the government to tighten the 'default fees' clause which is part of the Tenant Fees...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The scramble for members amongst rival redress systems continues apace. Earlier this week The Property Ombudsman announced it was to waive joining...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief of a PropTech firm says letting agents should consider participating in the growing Build to Rent sector. Until now, many...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Lettings has announced that industry veteran Michael Stoop has joined the board as a non-executive director, with Nicholas Leeming stepping...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has released details of two letting agencies expelled over financial issues, and the extension of an expulsion period...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties. From...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company has been landed with a legal bill of almost £2,000 after admitting that it failed to keep...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

An ‘instant EPC ratings check’ has been created on the website of Mortgages for Business allowing agents to check the ratings...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A specialist insurance firm claims that only 17 per cent of tenants receive the latest version of the mandatory How To...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The successful transfer of £12 billion worth of buy-to-let mortgages has been completed. Last year, Blackstone and Prudential purchased the book of...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News

We’re grateful to The Property Group, an agency in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, for alerting us to an incident involving its Mayfair Town...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The veteran estate agent Michael Stoop has become a non-executive director of Sorbet, a PropTech company which has created a software...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its opposition to Right To Rent, and is backing two legal challenges to the measure. Letting...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed this morning that there are two legal challenges being mounted against the Right To Rent policy, which obliges...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A TV news programme has exposed how a sleazy male landlord - who presumably did not instruct a letting agent -...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to acquire land in the centre of Brighton in order to deliver the city’s first...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords with responsibilities to ensure gas checks are carried out in private rental properties may have more flexibility over...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Rent Smart Wales says it is “heartening” that there has been a substantial recent rise in the number of agents, properties...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The chairman of the Residential Landlords Association has written in the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine about the need for the lettings...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...
14 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General - one of the country’s largest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector - has made a...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman scheme has today announced three expulsions of agencies as a result of non-payment of rent or awards. Firstly, a...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let expert Kate Faulkner says tenants should undertake more research on agents, landlords and properties before choosing a place...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures released by the government show huge support for the extension of the offences under which agents and landlords may in...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been another prosecution under the controversial Rent Smart Wales regulations - although this time the landlord in question was...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...
14 December 2017
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 Tenancy Deposit Service has created the new post of chief operating officer, with the first postholder charged with “leading our...
07 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The selective licensing scheme operated by Newham council in London is reported to have won government backing to be extended until...
05 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has been fined £35,000 for failing to prove to a local council that a house it was letting was safe...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The owner of a property firm who reportedly misled tenants and let an illegally converted property has been jailed for 155...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Legal & General, one of the largest operators in the growing Build To Rent sector, has acquired a 272 acre site...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A report on progress into the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s new code - introduced precisely a year ago - suggests more still...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The buy to let sector should prepare itself for issues which may arise if the government goes ahead with its intention...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined over £12,000 for illegally renting out a basement underneath an outbuilding at his...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that all letting agents will be required to “satisfy minimum training requirements” in order to trade. The provision...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...
31 October 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...