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

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

A Blackpool lettings agent has come to the rescue of two NHS nurses whose car had broken down - and now...

An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At...

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

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s helping its franchisees “reshaping their businesses” to cope with the Coronavirus crisis. In a trading statement showing...

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...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

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

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

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

Paperwork released overnight by the government appears to confirm that the notice period for evictions is extending from two months to...

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

The Citizens Advice charity is the latest organisation to call for more help for private tenants following what appears to be...

A lettings agency in central London is setting an example to the industry by offering help to its landlords and tenants...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

There are few silver linings to today’s Coronavirus crisis but there’s a heroic effort being made by a short let accommodation...

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

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

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

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

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

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

PropTech platform teclet is offering letting agents that list with OnTheMarket a three month trial offer of a digital inventory service. One...

A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...

The Guild of Letting and Management has thrown helpful light on the responsibilities and recommended approach of letting agents faced with...

Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

The government has been called upon to issue specific Coronavirus guidance for the rental sector. The chief executive of the Association of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

A shocking case of a buy to let HMO that did not even have a working smoke detector has led to...

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

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

The latest lettings market snapshot by HomeLet shows that average rents across the UK are still not breaking through the £1,000...

The Bournemouth branch of Martin & Co has acquired a local independent agent. Bullock & Lees, a local south coast firm, has...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...

PropTech company Goodlord, already used by hundreds of agencies across the UK, has revealed a £10m investment windfall after its latest...

Leaders `Romans Group has snapped up the scottfraser lettings and sales business.  scottfraser has four Oxford offices and a fifth in Witney,...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has issued guidance to members about how to reassure its lettings agent and landlord clients...

Over 100,000 current or aspiring tenants have signed up to an education programme explaining how the rental sector works, run by...

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...

Pressure group Generation Rent claims half of London’s councils did not fine any landlords for letting out unsafe homes in the...

It’s steady-as-she-goes in the rental market according to the latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord.  Void periods dropped slightly in...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

It’s now been revealed that 112 redundancies have followed the collapse of controversial short lets support firm Hostmaker. The overseas operation of...

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...

The safeagent accreditation business says it has helped secure the conviction of a rogue lettings agent who falsely claimed membership of...

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...

The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...

A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...

The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

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

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has been informed that the controversial Right To Rent checks forced on to agents and...

London agency Draker Lettings is expanding its patch - and offering landlords a free service for six months. Draker, which is 10...

The government is driving landlords into the short let sector according to a trade body. The Residential Landlords Association, responding to recent...

Shelter, which routinely criticises lettings agents and landlords, has been slammed for the huge amount of public funding it receives -...

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...

For a cool £1,153 a week you would expect a flat, even in pricey central London, to come with some perks. A...

A lettings agent who stole over £23,000 from tenants to pay for his gambling habit and pay off debt has escaped...

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

The Property Ombudsman has expelled five agencies, mostly for failures to honour awards: four of them are lettings operations and one...

A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue? By...

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...

An online lettings agency has accused High Street rivals of being “inefficient” and making voids longer than necessary.  Home Made, which operates...

A Sheffield agency has suffered two break-ins over just four days, with computers stolen and offices damaged. MorfittSmith’s sales office was the...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent developers says it is specifically targeting certain tenant types for one of its...

London agency Keatons has acquired a nearby independent rival, JD Property. JD Property’s staff have already been relocated into Keatons existing office in Deptford.  This is Keatons' third acquisition in three years and now...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year.  In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...

A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

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

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...

The PropTech platform Movebubble has upgraded its features to increase rivalry between lettings agents and thus enhance the renting experience for...

The National Landlords Association has issued advice for the lettings sector on the coronavirus infection. Although much of the advice is a...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

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

The latest lettings market snapshot provided by HomeLet shows that the average rent across the UK as a whole is now...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

A survey by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests a growing number of agents want to sell up. Goodlord surveyed 200 agencies for its...

A new concept of co-living is being offered on a rental basis at a new purpose-built development in west London. The firm...

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

A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...

A BBC investigation suggests some agents may be mis-selling deposit alternative schemes. Tenants are then hit by what the probe says are...

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...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...

The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

Airbnb is reported to have banned under-25s in Canada from booking whole properties in their local areas to prevent potentially-violent house...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

The majority of letting agents have lost up to 20 per cent of their revenue because of the fees ban -...

Agents and landlords are advised to think carefully before allowing tenants to keep pets, despite a government push to relax restrictions. The...

A council has prosecuted five private landlords who failed to get licences for the properties they let out. Oldham council says its...

A lettings agency in one of the most competitive markets in Britain says it’s enjoyed a record year winning landlords from...

A mortgage company has attempted to quantify how much private landlords inject into local economies. Aldermore’s research, surveying 1,000 UK-based landlords, discovered...

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...

A landlord has ended up with fines totalling over £90,000 after repeatedly ignoring a council’s selective licensing regime. Stephen Ige pleaded guilty...

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

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...

Lettings payment automation provider PayProp has won a Gold Trusted Service Award from online reviews platform Feefo. The PropTech firm was deemed...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

Haart has announced a strategic partnership with software platform teclet which will now be adopted in all lettings offices in the...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions has hit an all time low...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...

A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...

There was a surge in the number of fake lettings inventories submitted last year, allowing tenants to be conned out of...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has backed a five year extension for a massive London council landlord licensing...

More tenants save to go on holiday than to put a deposit down on a home to own according to buy...

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...

A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...

The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

It’s been revealed that Upad, the lettings agency which closed at short notice in October last year, had three prospective buyers...

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...

An agent acting on behalf of a landlord has defended a bid for retrospective planning permission, but a Labour councillor has...

A London company that has previously had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority has announced a change of name. The...

An accountancy trade body is warning of another possible tax hike to hit the lettings industry. The Association of Accounting Technicians is...

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

ARLA Propertymark has named Angela Davey as president elect, following Richard Selwyn stepping down last year due to personal circumstances. Davey has...

The Gainsborough branch of Martin & Co has become the largest single office within the national agency thanks to a fifth...

Manchester lettings agency Ascend says it’s had a record year in 2019, bolstered by its new Build To Rent involvement. The company...

Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...

Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...

A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

It looks almost certain that agents and landlords must ensure electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new...

A lettings management boss has been disqualified for six years after failing to safeguard over £68,000 worth of tenants’ deposits. Kelly Louise Forrester...

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

Durham county council wants to spend just over £250,000 setting up a lettings agency to place tenants with private landlords. The authority...

A trade magazine is reporting that online lettings agency Upad has been bought out by a PropTech platform. The Negotiator says Howsy...

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...

It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...

A protest has been held outside a lettings agency in Manchester by tenants demanding that the firm ‘sacks’ one of its...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...

Two major buy to let lenders have slashed their rates in a bid to win business. One of the highest profile lenders,...

Leaders Romans Group has selected a new PropTech platform after a competitive tendering process. The winning company was PropCo, which already services...

A former director at LSL’s Build To Rent division has today been named as head of business development at a London...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

The rental market is stable as it enters 2020 according to the latest index from PropTech company Goodlord.  Five out of the...

London rents increased by an average of 3.5 per cent in 2019 according to a European lettings monitor called HousingAnywhere. While this...

Darlington-based My Property Box has welcomed five new members of staff to its team who between them have amassed more than...

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

The government - which over the weekend made a surprise move to try to stop landlords banning tenants from keeping pets...

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

A huge survey of students, seeking their views on accommodation, has ended with a question mark over the value for money...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has set out its demands should the governmental go ahead with proposals for lifetime deposits. In...

This month sees the launch of a new trade body for the lettings sector - the National Residential Landlords Association. It’s the...

Knight Frank forecasts cumulative rental growth of 11 per cent in prime outer London and 10 per cent in prime central...

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...

A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...

Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide.   In an analysis of the market released under the name...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...

This is our last edition of Letting Agent Today until Friday December 27 and everyone at Angels Media, LAT and the...

The Times claims there have been well over 200 complaints lodged with redress schemes, alleging that lettings agents tried to charge...

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...

Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...

A Southampton lettings agency owner has been jailed after defrauding landlords and tenants out of £230,000. Andrew Whitehead has been jailed for...

The new government must prioritise the implementation of proposals to ensure letting agents and others in the industry are appropriately qualified. That’s...

New data from the Association of Residential Lettings Agents shows how the festive slowdown has hit the market. The number of tenants...

A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...

The giant Hunters franchise chain, which has over 200 offices across the UK, Is boosting its technology through a strategic partnership...

Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous...

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...

Newton Fallowell, part of the Belvoir Group, has snapped up the Lovelle franchised agency group adding a further 19 offices to...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have created a matrix for letting agents and landlords about...

Lobbying government can work, at least in some circumstances, as the Association of Residential Lettings Agents has seen in Wales.  Letting agents...

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...