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11 August 2022
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Propertymark is alerting agents to ensure they meet and if needs be exceed the requirements for ‘material information’ on up-front property...
14 July 2022
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Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...
13 July 2022
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The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...
12 July 2022
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The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...
06 May 2022
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The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...
05 May 2022
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Huge improvements could be made to the lettings process if agents used the property data available to them, it’s been claimed. PropTech...
30 March 2022
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The UK Association of Letting Agents says new requirements for additional upfront property information should end up actually saving agents time. By...
22 March 2022
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A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...
25 February 2022
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Theresa Wallace, the chair of The Lettings Industry Council, has given her backing to compulsory changes to rental property listings introduced...
22 February 2022
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Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...
21 February 2022
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A fake lettings operation has been uncovered by a leading legitimate agency - and now the National Trading Standards Estate and...
06 December 2021
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The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and letting agents can...
08 November 2021
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The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...
21 April 2021
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A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway. A statement from the National Trading Standards...
24 February 2021
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The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...
22 February 2021
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The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...
09 December 2020
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One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...
03 December 2020
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Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...
19 November 2020
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Propertymark is staging a webinar later this month on the topical subject of referral fees. Last month the National Trading Standards for...
06 November 2020
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Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...
27 October 2020
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It appears lettings agents may have escaped the recommended demands for referral fees to be made more transparent to customers. A statement...
02 October 2020
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A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...
03 March 2020
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The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...
28 February 2020
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An estimated 20 per cent of letting agents have still not signed up for a Client Money Protection scheme, six months...