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Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

Email and instant messaging contact details must be kept up to date for HMRC to contact agents about Anti-Money Laundering supervision. Propertymark...

Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

A lettings agency has pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to an HMO. IHomes Letting Limited has been fined £16,970 for failing...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

Rightmove has teamed up with the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team to create a new course on compliance...

An agency has been fined by a London council for failing to licence a property it was managing. Gracechurch Property Services has...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

HM Treasury has published a consultation on reform of the anti-money laundering supervisory system, giving four options. Currently the supervisory system is...

Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...

A family business has been named Residential Letting Team of the Year for the second time. The small At Home In Edinburgh...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

A company in the identity verification sector is warning that anti-money laundering checks are set to reach a new intensity in...

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

The majority of private landlords would consider switching to a letting agency because of the current complexity of buy to let.  A...

A PropTech expert is warning that letting agents can expect hefty fines if they fail to comply with complex Client Money...

The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...

A rent guarantor provider has announced a deal with agency Clever Student Lets. The provider - called RentGuarantor - says the deal...

A new Propertymark report into letting agent qualifications says professional qualifications are key in driving up standards across the private rented...

The private rented sector is enjoying record demand. According to Hometrack, rental enquiries per estate agency branch were 46% higher in...

The Property Redress Service claims to be the largest lettings redress service now, with over 13,250 letting agency branches on board. In...

A lettings agent has been banned from holding office in a company for 11 years for abusing Covid loans - but...

Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...

East Yorkshire letting agency Ultralets has opened a new office in Beverley after what it calls “an impressive period of growth.” Ultralets...

Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...

Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...

A lettings agency in the Brighton area which describes itself as “ethical” is closing down due to staffing issues and the...

Propertymark says it’s opened compliance cases against five member agencies following the latest HMRC publication of businesses who have failed to...

A holiday letting agency has criticised the introduction of licensing for short term rentals in Scotland as “poorly thought-through and ill-timed”.  Iain...

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...

Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...

Top letting agency suppliers are set to be honoured at this year’s Agent Rainmaker Live. The annual event includes an awards ceremony...

A warrant backed without bail has been issued for the arrest of a lettings agent who failed to appear in court. Gareth Wills...

A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...

A new survey of some 2,000 tenants claims to show a significant level of dissatisfaction over communications with letting agents. The study...

A letting agent who stole over £80,000 from landlords is awaiting sentence. Frank Smart - owner of Smart Residential Letting Agents in...

Fourteen Trading Standards authorities across a swathe of England are embarking on an enforcement project to check lettings agency compliance.  The Central England...

A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...

The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...

The agency operated by the immediate past president of ARLA Propertymark has received a government award for its work with apprentices.  Maxine...

Portsmouth-based agency Pink Street has completed its fifth acquisition in two years in its bid to create the largest letting agency...

Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...

The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...

A prominent letting agency on the south coast of England, Mishon Mackay, says PropTech is allowing it to offer a unique...

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

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

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

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

A technology platform claims that as many as a third of lettings agencies that should be compliant with anti-money laundering regulations...

Martin & Co’s Plymouth franchisees have taken their branch’s managed portfolio beyond 1,000 properties after a third acquisition in five years. Chris...

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...

Huge improvements could be made to the lettings process if agents used the property data available to them, it’s been claimed. PropTech...

A joint integration between PropTech suppliers PropCo and The Depositary claims to produce an end result that slashes end-of-tenancy admin time...

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

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

Letting agency growth experts are set to take to the virtual stage and use the latest tech to share their insights...

Online property training qualifications service The Able Agent has launched a new apprenticeship programme. The Able Agent says it’s spotted a critical...

HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...

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

A fake lettings operation has been uncovered by a leading legitimate agency - and now the National Trading Standards Estate and...

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

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Airbnb is now introducing pet insurance cover for its hosts as it continues attempts to win long-term renters away from the...

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and letting agents can...

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today.  All...

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

If you haven’t been to the Agent Rainmaker LIVE event before, then it is pretty difficult to explain how this event...

A letting agency has appeared on a ‘name and shame’ list of companies which failed to pay staff the minimum wage. Tetsuo...

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...

Ascend Properties in Manchester has acquired another small independent agency. It’s snapped up Elavace Estates, a lettings management portfolio on Merseyside.  This follows acquisitions...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...

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

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

A lettings agency in the growing Lomond Group has purchased a rental portfolio on the south coast.  Brand Vaughan has bought the lettings...

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

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway.  A statement from the National Trading Standards...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...