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![Lettings agency regulation demanded by PropTech leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents managing HMOs without licences hit by council fines](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
Fines totalling £108,000 have been issued to letting agents and landlords breaching HMO rules in part of London. An additional HMO licensing...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb regulation review of controversial Scots licensing scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hands Off Short Lets - long term empty homes are bigger problem](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency hails “transformational” merger with lettings giant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, which calls itself the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor, says its merging with lettings giant Belvoir has...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councils ‘must take over ex-private rental Right To Buy flats’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency will have 1,800 branches following latest acquisition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax - that’s why rents are rising so much](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent claims it already conforms with Reform Bill ideals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove hits back at critics after Renters Reform Bill wins key vote](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark not giving up on the Regulation of Property Agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get On With It - major agency tells government to reform renting](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill back in the Commons next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![“Bold” new Labour reforms for private rental sector coming next month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour pledge to build thousands of “rent control homes”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Construction-400x310.png)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned: Don’t be Left Behind when Regulation Comes In](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation. Propertymark has...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Angry tenant groups slam Renters Reform Bill changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Changes to Renters Reform Bill after Easter](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![New London rental licensing regime launches next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A new borough-wide landlord licensing scheme is set to launch in the London borough of Brent on April 1, the council...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of lettings agents imminent, suggests Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer. The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council attack on private rental sector ‘is next Post Office scandal’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge number of new rental licensing schemes set for 2024](/upload/images/shutterstock_1937885968.jpg)
A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Last-minute government U-turn on HMO regulation changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Is the government deliberately delaying the Renters Reform Bill?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents List Radical Changes needed to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s backdoor bid to regulate lettings and estate agents at last](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark backs controversial Airbnb registration scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory Short Lets registration scheme to be introduced](/upload/images/shutterstock_636523940.jpg)
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ views sought for large HMO licensing scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Agents, landlords and others’ views are being sought in a consultation on proposals to introduce a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Top agent backs industry regulation in 2024 - the more the better](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will 2024 see the end of private rental sector licensing?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour council’s rental licensing scheme will be one of UK’s largest](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property. If it goes ahead it will be...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency installs new systems after error leaves HMOs unlicensed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency has initiated new systems to ensure there is no repeat of a mistake that left some client properties...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Councils enforcing rental licensing are on brink of bankruptcy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir agents have access to private rental licensing data](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should letting agents police the quality of homes to rent?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
A prominent housing expert has told MPs that letting agents could be used to police the standards off homes made available...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: yet another coup for fast-growing licensing platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
PropTech firm Kamma - which specialises in information about landlord licensing - has inked another partnership. This latest link is with Goodlord. Kamma’s...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency slams four councils for policies which directly hit rental supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise as council praises local agents for ‘giving back’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1620071491.jpg)
Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians want to take ‘harder line’ with rogue agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_431846332(1).jpg)
Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reapit’s new PropTech deal pledges to cut through licensing red tape](/upload/images/shutterstock_538089325.jpg)
Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![High profile city agency rebrands following end of licensing deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Long established property business Newton Letting is rebranding as Rosevale Letting, following the conclusion of a licensing period. Former Newton employee, Riccardo...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents accused of “profiteering” rent rises](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Leading agent angry over licensing lack of communications](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent Reports Tenants In Tears as Landlords Quit Sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Stressed(F)Tenant-400x310.png)
Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency in the dock for failing to licence rental property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
An agency has been fined by a London council for failing to licence a property it was managing. Gracechurch Property Services has...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour boss says “uninterested agents” force tenants to “disgusting conditions”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
Two massive new rental licensing schemes are set to be approved in Brighton - and part of the reason is “uninterested...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents have two months to tell council licensing bosses what they think](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
There’s to be a consultation this autumn about a proposed selective licensing regime in Scarborough. The proposal covers parts of the Castle,...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ousted Green Party still arguing for rent controls in key battleground](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb supply 'slashed 80% by new controls' - report bombshell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Net Zero - Lettings PropTech firm to provide energy efficiency data](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC6-400x310.png)
Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hate campaign launched against Airbnb](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents and landlords warned over imminent changes to HMO regulations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Another agency inks PropTech deal to handle compliance issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
PropTech Kamma has entered into a partnership with agency and consultancy JLL. This means JLL’s UK residential agents will have access to...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Regulation - councils should control short lets, agents tell government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council “deluged” with complaints about private rental homes](/upload/images/shutterstock_269047922.jpg)
Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb fights back against Sadiq Khan’s call for clampdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Strict Airbnb controls still on the agenda says politician](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Crackdown on HMOs across large London borough](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Buy to let investors who want to convert family homes into HMOs in Hounslow for three to six tenants will now...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Strict Airbnb regulation gets a massive thumbs-down](/upload/images/2%20shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Root and branch HMO crackdown on the agenda for council](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents hit with record licensing fines says PropTech firm](/upload/images/Fine.jpg)
London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour complains about asylum seeker HMOs being unlicensed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
The Labour-run London Assembly says it is concerned about government plans to allow landlords to house asylum seekers for two years without...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents told ‘Get A Move On’ as licensing scheme flags](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Licenseimage400x310.jpg)
A council has told letting agents to ‘get a move on’ as it admits there’s been a slow start to its...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Governments slammed for rushing blindly into Airbnb regulation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer urges letting agents to go on the offensive](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government told - Stop the attacks on holiday lettings sector!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Beef Up Selective Licensing - think tank recommendations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A left-leaning think tank which says it champions ‘left-behind Londoners’ is demanding a turbo-charged version of selective licensing to be run...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Law service takes swipe at “incompetent letting agents”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Controversial licensing scheme - last chance for agents’ input](/upload/images/shutterstock_1255192282.jpg)
Letting agents have a final chance today to have their say on a consultation into a newly proposed licensing scheme for...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons beefs up compliance with new PropTech partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
Foxtons is to give its agents access to a compliance management and checking service. Fran Giltinan, Managing Director - Property Management &...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Surcharge: Labour considers raising it even higher](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDutyRates_400x310.png)
Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists want thousands of pounds to campaign against short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Licensing fines for agents go through the roof](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
It already looks like 2023 is on track to see licensing fines for agents and landlords reaching nearly double the 2022...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![No blanket licensing required for short lets - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rogue agency hit with big fine for failing to licence properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
An estate agency has been prosecuted and ordered to pay £35,000 for falling foul of property licensing rules. Green House Estate Agents...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings in the spotlight as current and future regulations hit the headlines](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/shutterstock_1145842904.jpg)
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
![Council using planning powers to try to “control” Airbnbs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Second huge fine for lettings firm’s HMO non-compliance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents invited to virtual forum to discuss new licensing schemes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlord licensing info to be supplied to high-end lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Knight Frank is partnering with licensing compliance firm Kamma. The growth of discretionary licensing schemes across the 408 local authorities in the...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![It's War! Call for 'national mobilisation' to improve EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency_Savings-400x310.png)
An all-party and influential committee of MPs says the UK should be put on a war footing to improve the energy...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove told of agents’ worries about rash of council licensing schemes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove outlining its concerns about the latest licensing scheme proposal from a local council. The...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![AirBnb Victory? - short lets register is delayed six months](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leading agent writes to Gove with ‘lay off the rental sector’ message](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Training for agents handling new council licensing scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
A London borough is tomorrow holding an online training session for agents and landlords on how to submit a licence application...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Controversial city HMO licensing scheme to go ahead](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A new licensing scheme for HMOs, agreed by leaders of Portsmouth council, will be implemented from September 1 2023. Licensing of HMOs...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency figure warns government not to scare off landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
A senior Savills figure, who chairs the trade body known as The Lettings Industry Council, has issued a warning to the...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Licensing: Another council introduces regulation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Airbnb-style short-lets in another part of Scotland are to be subject to new licensing rules. The scheme, introduced by the Scottish Government,...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![London council kicks off three month licensing consultation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Over the next three months Redbridge council in London is consulting on proposals to renew selective licensing in the borough. It says...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Britain’s most controversial rental licensing - questions being asked](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A scheme which some regard as the most controversial landlord licensing regime in the country is coming under scrutiny. Labour councillors on...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent urges tenants to claim compensation from landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
A lettings agent has taken the surprising step of encouraging tenants to seek compensation if their landlords fail to abide by...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Another London council ponders licensing scheme with fees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Wandsworth council in south London is considering a review into the feasibility of introducing discretionary landlord licencing. A statement from the authority...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent slams new rules for Airbnb and other short let rentals](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
A holiday letting agency has criticised the introduction of licensing for short term rentals in Scotland as “poorly thought-through and ill-timed”. Iain...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![First AirBnb and short let licensing system starts this weekend](/upload/images/library/LandlordLicensing-4-400x310.jpg)
The first step within the UK to officially monitor Airbnb-style short lets comes into effect on Saturday, which is October 1. Scotland’s...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![17% of UK Rental Property Now Managed by TBL](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/TechBlue/tbl-advertorial-360x280.jpg)
Following new business wins, PropTech leaders Technology Blueprint Ltd now handles over a sixth of the entire UK’s agent-managed rental properties. After...