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Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

Nowadays, we rely on social media platforms to stay informed and updated about topics that are of interest to us.  These platforms...

PropTech firm Kamma, which monitors the growing number of local council licensing regimes, has teamed up with an insurance broker. The link...

The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace.  Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...

Letting agents have been told they must have the right technology to reduce the risk of fraud. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk...

The man behind the Ideal Flatmate rental platform has now set up a Build To Rent portal called Your Place. All properties...

There’s just a week left - including the long Jubilee celebration period - for agents to respond to a major property tax...

Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...

A tech firm claims the “vast majority” of agents who use WhatsApp and some other instant messaging platforms are not fully...

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

A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...

Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

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

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

The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...

LettsPay, an automated service aiming to simplify the reconciling of tenant rental payments, has won investment from the nurtur.group - the...

A PropTech supplier which helps agents and landlords identify private rental sector licensing issues has announced a new partnership. Geospatial technology firm...

A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...

It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

A trade body says letting agents are receiving growing numbers of contracts from tenants wanting to take part in the Homes...

Presenter, broadcaster and former Sky Sports anchor Kirsty Gallacher has been confirmed as the presenter of The Guild of Property Professional’s...

The number of agents seeking formal qualifications has risen significantly over the past year according to Propertymark.  The trade body says this...

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

A Winkworth franchisee has opened his fourth office in the same region in four years. Jamie Moore has opened a new office...

Letting agents who embrace training and qualifications - beyond those which are mandatory - will help create trust and transparency. That’s the...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

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

Agents should not wait until regulation and legislation improve the rental sector - they should be doing so voluntarily.  That’s the view...

The Guild of Property Professionals has entered into a partnership with one of the many deposit replacement services now available. It’s teamed...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

Spicerhaart says some 600 hopefuls turned up for a series of recruitment days in three parts of the country. Around a third...

A high-profile four-day bootcamp designed to sharpen up lettings agents has returned from the pandemic with a bang.  Agent Rainmaker - set up...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...

PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

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

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

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

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

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

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

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

The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...

One of the industry’s leading surveys comes out next week - and a preview suggests it’s going to show increasing optimism...

Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...

A council has just launched it own publicly-funded lettings agency and wants private landlords to sign up. The 'Your Choice' lettings agency,...

The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...

Lettings once again dominated the complaints received by The Property Ombudsman according to its latest annual report - out today but...

Industry growth specialist Christopher Watkin is to offer letting agents his secrets to attracting new landlords in a live webinar hosted...

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...

A buying agency says it’s seen what it calls “a huge uptake in furnished lettings requests” following recent floods in London,...

More details have emerged of the Guild of Property Professionals’ Ofqual-accredited, Level-Three and Level-Four qualifications for lettings and sales agents. Guild compliance...

There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...

New categories have been added to this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards, to recognise educational success in the industry.  Propertymark Qualifications says that...

There’s a warning from an industry trade body that some agents may have failed to take compliance obligations seriously enough.  Paul Offley,...

Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...

Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

The government has extended the ‘special arrangements’ for Right To Rent checks - these will now be in force until September...

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

A survey of property professionals and IT experts across a range of industries has revealed that better remote working technology is...

Prominent property lawyer David Smith - recently in the news for his guidance for agents and landlords over the eviction ban...

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

An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...

The Home Staging Association has launched a course for agents on how to dress and prepare properties for maximum effect when...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

Agents are being warned about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding rental property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest provider of...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme and industry supplier Inventory Hive are working together to provide two new training courses.  Led by Michael Hill...

Affordable homes provider Auxesia Homes has appointed residential management firm Touchstone to handle its entire mixed tenure portfolio.  Auxesia offers affordable shared...

A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...

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

Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...

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

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

Leaders Romans Group is launching a consultancy and management service for Build To Rent developers - a bid to engage with institutions in...

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

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

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...

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

The biggest awards event in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 ceremony.  Traditionally...

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...

It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

A collective of government appointed accreditation schemes has called on the government to do more to improve energy efficiency in the...

A rental guarantor service claims that it and companies like it have helped keep the UK’s private rental sector buoyant during...

The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Rightmove is hosting a live webinar this morning to help agents protect and maintain mental health.  Agents will be able to watch live...

A PropTech provider has created an app to remotely view and inspect properties in real time.  With InventoryBase Live the tenants undertake...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

ARLA Propertymark is warning government that the majority of letting agents and landlords won’t be able to conduct retrospective full-scale Right...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

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

Rightmove is to host an anti-money laundering webinar next week, aimed at lettings and sales agents. The event, which is entitled Five...

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

Changes to the codes of practice surrounding Right To Rent are introduced on November 2, and tomorrow there’s a useful webinar to...

The Right to Rent scheme’s revised code of practice coming into effect next month does nothing to stop agents and landlords...

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...

The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

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

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...

A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...

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

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

The arrival of mandatory enhanced electrical checks so soon after the chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic represents a perfect storm for...

The MRI Software company is hosting a free webinar with key figures from two companies it works with.  Viewber co-founder Ed Mead...

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

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies.  The new...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Inventory BaseAcademy has released new online training to address safeguarding issues that may face the lettings industry. Property professionals, especially managers and...

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

Zoopla is promoting 12 lesson plans for agents and other property professionals who are teaching their children at home during the...

Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...

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

Birmingham agent Bobby Singh, who runs the Love Your Postcode agency, epitomises the heart of the industry right now.  He has created...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

New tenant data has revealed that the average age of renters living in shared properties in London has risen five years...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

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

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

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

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

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

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

ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents,  conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

October 31, known as All Hallows' Eve, is now less than three weeks away. While the government continues with its botched Brexit...

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

A typical lettings agent could save some two and a half hours’ time each working day if they adopted more Artificial...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents is urging member agents and the industry to ensure it is up to date with...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

Fixflo is launching its sixth annual Lettings Report for lettings professionals  The survey gauges the opinions of lettings professionals around the UK...

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Institutional investment in the Build to Rent (BTR) sector reached a record high last year, according to fresh research from Bidwells.  The...

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced a link with insurance product and moving services operation The Lettings Hub. Lettings Hub offers...

A PropTech platform launched three years ago acting as a search system for students wanting purpose-built accommodation is evolving into a...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has rebranded as safeagent.  NALS has helped coordinate the safeagent campaign since 2011, focussing during that time...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

A rent guarantor provider claims that deposits which prospective tenants are required to pay are often reduced if such a service...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday May 10,...

HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

A leading legal firm is warning that Right To Rent could become even more complicated for letting agents and landlords after...

Tenant referencing, rent protection and insurance provider Rent4sure is to join other leading suppliers as an ESTAS partner for the 16th...

A lettings sector trade body says EU citizens may face problems getting private rented accommodation after Brexit. And the body - the...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has launched a series of events to educate letting agents and landlords on deposit protection. Starting next month...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

The ban on tenants’ fees beginning on June 1 presents an opportunity to overhaul the private rental sector, says a property...

The government says it is still considering applications to operate Client Money Protection schemes from April, despite approving five schemes so...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

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

A new free online training course which guides letting agents through the key principles of disputes has been released by The...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

One of the existing two government-authorised redress schemes governing estate and letting agents has called on landlords to voluntarily join, ahead...

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has taken the unusual step of commenting on, and welcoming, the outcome of a court case...

Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...

The latest report for the rental sector by the TDS Charitable Foundation calls for greater cooperation between property professionals and tenants...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

There’s been broad support from the lettings sector for the wide-ranging reform of the redress system announced yesterday by housing secretary...

We are used to stories of councils condemning letting agents and landlords - but now a London council is praising the...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...

There are only a few days left for agents, brokers and suppliers to enter the ESTAS 2019 - closing date is...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...

Five homeless people will have a roof over their heads this Christmas thanks to a kind-hearted PropTech chief. Mike Georgeson, founder of...

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...

The private rental sector can help reduce smoking according to a report from Action on Smoking and Health, a pressure group. The...

Tenant deposit protection scheme TDS will be in London in February to host a ‘hands-on’ half-day workshop for agents and landlords. Part...

Luton landlord Mervyn Kupshik has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 to the Local council - and if he doesn’t do...

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.  Rents were up...

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...

The government has unveiled the spectre of a ‘global immigration system’ to be introduced from the end of 2020 - but...

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector.  Between...

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

PropTech company PayProp has been announced as the sponsor of the ESTAS People Awards category for 2019. The ESTAS is a customer...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

Lettings agents, landlords and consumers are being warned about a growing number of ‘for-profit’ companies claiming to be independent inventory trade...

The National Approved Letting Scheme is celebrating the 500th candidate to complete its Foundation Lettings Course. Moira Devlin of Lowther Homes, in...

Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...

Members of the Guild of Property Professionals will be given access to a series of training videos put together by former...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has this week launched a new Training Academy which aims to help landlords, agents and property...

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

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...

A leading trade body says EU citizens living in the UK run the risk of losing their rental homes without swift...

Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...

Fixflo is launching its fifth annual Rental Repairs Survey for lettings professionals  The survey, supported by ARLA Propertymark, gauges the opinions of...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

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

The National Approved Letting Scheme has unveiled a new specialist training course for letting agents. The NALS Level 3 Award in Letting...

Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...

The government has announced a review to assess how selective licensing is used and find out how well it is working...

Countrywide is introducing the ARLA Level 2 qualification throughout its branch network.  All customer-facing lettings staff who joined the business on or...

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is now crowdfunding to pay for the Judicial Review of the government’s controversial...

The chief of what is described as Britain’s largest lettings agency has told an influential group of MPs that the proposed...

The High Court has this afternoon agreed to allow a judicial review of the government’s Right to Rent policy. Right to Rent...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...

The controversial Right To Rent regime whereby agents and landlords are expected to check the immigration status of would-be tenants is...

The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...

The scramble for members amongst rival redress systems continues apace. Earlier this week The Property Ombudsman announced it was to waive joining...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

There are plenty of helpful and reliable professionals in the letting industry, however it’s no secret that there are a lot...

It’s less than two weeks before The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash...

The number of buy to let investors in the UK has hit a record high of 2.5m in the latest tax...

Letting agents have responded with enthusiasm to the government’s announcement over the Easter weekend that the industry would in future have...

The controversial Right To Rent policy has been attacked as having failed “to demonstrate its worth” in encouraging immigration compliance. Under Right...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has renewed its call for letting agents and other property professionals to back an online...

The National Landlords Association is seeking property professionals to be its local representatives across the country. The association says these representatives “are...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has announced new dates for its academy courses, delivering training on tenancy deposit disputes and adjudication to...

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has launched a scheme of 29 two, three and four bedroom houses aimed...

The head of a major PropTech company serving the lettings sector says he want to see the introduction of a database...

A group of criminals threw a large concrete block through a window to gain access to an estate and letting agency. The...

A third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios in 2018 despite a backdrop of increased challenges in...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

High London rents - with the average now running at £1,280 - are driving tenants into sharing according to an online...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its opposition to Right To Rent, and is backing two legal challenges to the measure. Letting...

Research by NALS has revealed extensive increases in the cost of licensing of lettings properties and landlords by local authorities in...

The select committee monitoring the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government will continue its deliberations today on the government’s ban...

The chairman of the Residential Landlords Association has written in the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine about the need for the lettings...

An Essex lettings agent has explained why he has set up an online petition calling for a reversal of the government’s...

This week’s news that the government will not be implementing the ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

The government has explained why the ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants will not be implemented until spring 2019 -...