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![Tenancy Progression platform announces PropTech link-ups](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Tenancy progression platform Propoly has announced three integrations with other PropTech services - Helpthemove, Zero Deposit and mydeposits. Propoly managing director Sim...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![Shock as agency demands Renters Reform Bill be passed ASAP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election result already priced-in to housing market, says top analyst](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says. An analysis...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activist claims “horrendous exploitation” by “profiteering” letting agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2167511393.jpg)
The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMO sales agency begins UK-wide roll out in four cities](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
HMO Sales Expert, a 2024 start-up, has launched a UK-wide partnership programme. It’s commenced with Plymouth, Doncaster, Leicester, and Peterborough, and later...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for a new Ministry of Housing with long-term minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Soaring Council Tax Arrears prompts call for new bailiff rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting Still Cheaper Than Buying with a 5% Deposit](/upload/images/shutterstock_2322919583.jpg)
Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS rings alarm bells over state of lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_1313087447.jpg)
The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fewer tenant disputes, claim new industry partners](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Inventory services supplier No Letting Go and my deposits have announced a strategic partnership. The partners claim the deal with combine reports...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Deposit Alternative firm joins Propertymark suppliers list](/upload/images/shutterstock_1820301725.jpg)
A deposit alternative service has been added to Propertymark’s industry supplier list. Tenants can purchase a Zero Deposit Guarantee from £7.50 upwards...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ Election Briefing - free webinar update on industry issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
The future of the UK lettings market will be determined by the July 4 election and now PropTech player Reapit |...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove slams major parties for ignoring growing housing crisis](/upload/images/shutterstock_769272595(1).jpg)
In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency plea to rival firms seeking buyers or joint ventures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Independent agency Henry Adams says it wants “entrepreneurs and business owners” to “explore new growth avenues” The company is seeking acquisitions, joint...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mydeposits custodial scheme - new platform launched](/upload/images/shutterstock_518693581.jpg)
A new platform for the mydeposits custodial scheme has launched this week, incorporating features inspired by feedback from members and designed...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beefed Up EPC must be priority for next government - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Forget party policies - check interest rate movement](/upload/images/shutterstock_2355420851(1).jpg)
A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of Agents say they Don’t Know who they’ll vote for](/upload/images/shutterstock_1332472799.jpg)
Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent operator strikes deal with deposit alternative supplier](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Build To Rent developer and operator Dandara Living has struck a partnership with deposit alternative service flatfair. Dandara joins other BTR operators...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get the Rent To Rent house in order, demands Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent. NTSELAT has...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency flags growing worries over pets in lets](/upload/images/shutterstock_2367788609.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties. A...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill “still misses the mark” says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_1902168286.jpg)
Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of Property Agents - government slammed by Lords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Looking for a client account? Five steps to better lettings banking](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/Letting%20agent%20today_640x460px.jpg)
You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...
19 April 2024
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![Agents Tell Politicians - Stop Arguing and Repair Private Renting](/upload/images/shutterstock_2307084393.jpg)
Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Knight Frank sees it - market update from research guru](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Foxtons to extend digital lettings service into sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election hopeful demands New Towns to solve housing shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Massive PropTech boost from Rightmove and finance institutions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This is the first...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry boss slams government for ‘grandstanding’ on rent issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent demands end of bizarre rule making tenants pay stamp duty](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Co-Living sector grows with key player making another acquisition](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135166403.jpg)
Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years. ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform Bill wins a big thumbs-up from agents’ body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Complaints About Agents - huge rise in compensation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...
18 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
![Shelter lobbies politicians with ‘rental plan to end homelessness’](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![House Prices see small monthly gains - new index shows stronger market](/upload/images/2023%2011%2023%202.jpg)
Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental scams could soar as AI spreads, warns industry figure](/upload/images/shutterstock_2156624731.jpg)
A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs turn on Airbnb and other short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms. Former Lib...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents Shock - they’ve fallen for the past three months](/upload/images/HomeLet-August23-blog-5-What's-updated-in-the-new-How-To-Rent-Guide(1).jpg)
New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...
05 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
![Growing agency group snaps up three regional agencies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2103114065.jpg)
Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![London Mayor capping some student rents in the capital](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank warns that Rwanda controversy could force early election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Portal announces agent qualification before possible mandatory regulation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rural tenants hit hardest by rent rises caused by stock shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![More tenants now shop around, says high profile agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents list major problems with Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ chief warns MPs on need for court reform and more bailiff capacity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - MPs to hear agents’ worries today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech boss makes 22 amendments to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Upfront%20information%20is%20here%20and%20now%20-%20digital%20conveyancing%20is%20next!%20by%20Beth%20Rudolf.png)
A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![No rent controls in England - government confirmation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - government concession on Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill will slash homelessness, claims charity](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control threat - agents warn politicians not to meddle with market](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Propertymark has issued a statement warning politicians not to introduce rent controls by the backdoor through processes which tinker with the...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Who cares about Build To Rent? Not MPs by the looks of it….](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour should champion lettings agent regulation - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...
09 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
![Rent Controls at heart of Shelter’s General Election manifesto](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...
25 September 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
![Airbnb “nightmare” as residents complain about short let parties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC changes to rental properties to be ‘relaxed’ - Gove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...
23 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Public want more tax on Airbnbs and higher private rental standards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Research reveals time it takes to arrange interim inspections](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Inventory%20Hive/shutterstock_1710746851.jpg)
Interim inspections are a necessity if you want to avoid property issues and tenant relationship breakdowns. They’re a no brainer –...
04 July 2023
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![Anti-Social Short Lets - Airbnb reveals crackdown details](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
Airbnb claims there has been a 75 per cent drop in party reports made to Airbnb in the UK since its...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![First sign of government U-turn on Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it’s spotted what may be the first sign of a U-turn on one aspect of the controversial Renters Reform...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![MPs to receive letting agents’ briefing on Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it’s going to send a briefing on behalf of letting agents to every MP and member of the House...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour and Tory anti-landlord policies slammed by agency chief](/upload/images/Eviction.jpg)
A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![No end in sight to supply drought in prime London](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks nears collapse as sale falters and money runs low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Purplebricks has given its most pessimistic trading update yet, admitting its effects to find a buyer are tanking and its financial...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Inventories to become key as fire rules tighten further - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent Warns Tenants - political posturing may push up rents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...
23 March 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...
16 March 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Government rental mediation scheme flops - change needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls won't solve housing crisis, experts warn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze U-turn welcomed by leading agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘City of Airbnbs’ has seen country’s highest house price rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Revolution Tomorrow - new contracts issued for lettings agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
A new lettings regime that is described as the biggest change in many decades comes into effect tomorrow in Wales, with...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Angry reaction against rent freeze which could last 18 months](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze-400x310.png)
There’s been a wide range of angry reactions to the Scottish Government’s passing of an emergency rent freeze and eviction ban...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Compliance negligence could cost agents, warns Propertymark](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ComplianceStamp-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Prominent Truss-backer speaks out against rent controls](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
A prominent supporter of new Prime Minister Liz Truss has spoken out against rent controls. Veteran Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, who...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent lashes out at “cheap political points” by rent freeze fanatics](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze2-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency chief executive has lashed out at the “cheap political points” being scored by politicians in Scotland who...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb moves to block renters holding anti-social parties](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb is piloting new tools which it claims may identify and block prospective renters who want to stage anti-social parties. The technology...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn against rent loophole in controversial debt plans](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenancy-fraud400x310.png)
Propertymark has spoken out against a possible loophole that might allow tenant arrears to go unpaid in certain circumstances. The trade body...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket’s teclet reveals another integration with PropTech platform](/upload/images/Logos/Teclet_400x310.png)
teclet, part of the OnTheMarket Group, has completed the integration of Muuvo into its lettings and management platform. The Muuvo platform uses...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark group lobbying politicians ahead of rental reforms](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir branch amongst raft of agencies kicked out of The Property Ombudsman](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
Six agencies have been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to wronged complainants. One was the Belvoir...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![The party’s over for Airbnb](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Essential to involve agents and landlords in reform - agency chief](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BridgingImage-InArticle.jpg)
Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![“What’s taking so long?” - Agents amazed at latest reform delay](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/360x280_Return_on_Time.png)
Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax Consultation - only days left for agents to respond](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
There’s just a week left - including the long Jubilee celebration period - for agents to respond to a major property tax...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech partnership promises win-win for agents](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyOnline-400x310.jpg)
A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants. Muuvo, a platform which is free to...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![MP says Airbnb glut contributing to “devastation” of city](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Vote 2022 - today's elections could change course of rental reform](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Conservative-logo400x310.png)
A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter slammed by industry over “exaggerated” Section 21 claims](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Eviction2-400x310-min.jpeg)
Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...