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The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...

The Autumn Statement on November 22 is the traditional vehicle for the Chancellor to introduce tax change - but now you...

Propertymark has created a series of fact sheets to help letting agents understand the Building Safety Act 2022, which carries complex...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...

A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...

New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...

It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...

Propertymark has issued key points for lettings agents to note following the introduction of The Energy Prices Bill to the House...

A property management chief has been disqualified as a director for 12 years after using his firms to take out £135,000...

Changes to Right to Rent checks will be explained in detail in the latest free webinar to be organised by Propertymark...

An industry supplier says the recent Right To Rent changes have flown under the radar - and many agents don’t know...

The first step within the UK to officially monitor Airbnb-style short lets comes into effect on Saturday, which is October 1. Scotland’s...

The shortlists for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards have been announced, with four vying for Lettings Candidate of the Year.  The awarding...

Upmarket agency brand Fine & Country is to host a three-day bootcamp for lettings and sales agents within the network seeking...

Agencies and other businesses are to receive help facing soaring energy costs in measures outlined this morning by the government. Through a...

More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...

The law around the requirement for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties will change in England on October 1. Propertymark...

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

One of the industry’s most respected legal experts is staging a teach-in for letting agents ahead of new Right To Rent...

Propertymark has once again hit out at reforms to the private rental sector being implemented by the Scottish Government. The government -...

Fine & Country will be hosting masterclasses in October focussing on recruitment and retention.  Held in London and Leeds the sessions will...

Yet another revision to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations takes effect from October 1 - that’s just under...

The government has issued detailed guidance ahead of a change in the law around smoke and carbon monoxide alarms coming into...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

An Airbnb host who let three properties in a city has been fined for using domestic recycling facilities and failing to...

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...

New forms have been posted online which must be used by landlords and letting agents from October 1. New legislation regarding eviction...

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

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...

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

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

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

There’s to be a new editor for Landlord Today from tomorrow, Thursday October 1. It’s to be Graham Norwood, currently editor of...

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...

Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...

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

Warwick district council has issued its first civil penalty to the landlord of an HMO. Glenn Gamblin, the landlord of the property...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

The Scottish Government is investigating 114 businesses suspected of carrying out letting agency work without registration and has issued 86 compliance...

One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...

One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...

There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...

More than 77,000 UK landlords will be shelling out a combined £95 million this month, as new occupancy laws come into...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a reminder to the industry of the need to understand and abide by...

It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...

It is now just three weeks until licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is extended. The new rules, which will require...

There are now only eight weeks left for agents to apply to join a new statutory register which comes into effect...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...

A PropTech company chief is backing the controversial idea of spot checks on private rental sector properties in a bid to...

Buy to let landlords are on the way out and Build To Rent will dominate the sector in the foreseeable future.  That’s...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is upset at the government’s confirmation that the extension of mandatory HMO licensing will come into force...

A specialist insurance firm claims that only 17 per cent of tenants receive the latest version of the mandatory How To...

A London council is inviting letting agents in its boundaries to a briefing session tomorrow morning ahead of the introducing of an...

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...

Letting Agent Today understands that senior industry figures are working on the framework of a new attempt at regulation, including measures...

Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

The buy to let market risks becoming a car crash following the changes of lending rules for so-called portfolio landlords with...

Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...

Agents are being warned to ensure they serve eviction notices correctly as the ‘peak eviction’ summer period arrives.  Specialist tenant referencing service...

Greenwich council in London is the latest to announce an extension to its HMO licensing policy. The council is already legally obliged...

An advice website claims that more than half of the privately rented properties in the selective licensing area imposed by a...

The Property Ombudsman has issued new guidance concerning obtaining express consent from a tenant before accessing a property. The change comes as a...

Letting agents and landlords are being reminded to comply with an obligation to remove ‘to let’ signs in certain parts of...

The team leader of the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is amongst a bevy of experts on a panel at...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has reported a 14 per cent increase in lettings membership since the government made it a legal...

A letting agency that has been the subject of a BBC investigation and has gone into liquidation in controversial circumstances has...

Tenants could be trying to avoid eviction by damaging property and abusing the new legal system designed to ban revenge evictions,...

One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...

Eviction specialists at Landlord Action are raising concerns as to whether there are sufficient resources, especially at local council level, to...

Property repair software company Fixflo has issued last-minute guidance for agents and landlords regarding the Section 21 changes which come into...

Letting agents and landlords can use AIIC independent inventory clerks to conduct the checks on smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms...

The government has confirmed that its new Section 21 regulations will come into effect on October 1 despite a high-profile hitch...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a new software upgrade designed to help protect agencies in...

A landlord body says it has had confirmation from the government that there is an error in the published version of...

One of the UK letting industry’s leading agents says politicians should defer the new Right To Rent immigration checks until the start...

Parliament has approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - the regulations which looked in jeopardy after a...

A major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the private rented sector risks undermining confidence in the new Section 21 legislation...

As if to prove the lettings industry’s concern over a lack of publicity for upcoming health and safety regulation changes, a...

The property industry has hit out at what appears to be government confusion over a raft of new rules coming into...

The rise and rise of Airbnb - the global online short-lets system that could be used by landlords to short-circuit letting...

A letting agent is angry that there has not been a single prosecution in his region as a result of agencies...

A long-time safety campaigner is reminding agents and landlords that from October 1 the new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England)...