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An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

An overwhelming number of letting and sales agents back the idea of more so-called Material Information on property details.  That’s according to...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

Well known broker Mortgage Advice Bureau will be showcasing a suite of new digital products today at an event organised by...

OnTheMarket has completed a new integration with Canopy which it claims will provide valuable pre-qualified leads to letting agents. The latest integration...

Lettings agencies which rely on manual means of verification are risking repetitional damage caused by anti-money laundering regulations, a digital compliance...

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants. Muuvo, a platform which is free to...

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a tenant referencing service that it claims allows letting agents to conduct their own...

OnTheMarket’s deal with a PropTech firm to provide free tenant referencing has been extended indefinitely for agents who pay the portal...

A commercial partnership between tenant referencing platform Canopy and property website OnTheMarket has involved an investment of some £350,000. The figure has...

In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process.  Over...

Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...

Gary Barker - the ex-Reapit supremo who controversially did not take up the role of chief executive at Boomin - is...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

The government has pledged a White Paper to be issued in the autumn, dedicated to reform of the private rental sector. Some...

Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...

OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...

An influential group of MPs has called for the replacement of “outdated” Energy Performance Certificates with new ‘Building Renovation Passports’. Currently EPCs...

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...

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

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

A new PropTech tool for agents claims to help weed out time-wasters and reduce the viewing-to-offer ratio. Rental Passport, produced by LegalforLandlords,...

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

The Lettings Hub is to roll out its Property Passport free tenant referencing product for letting agents. A beta test exercise already...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has set out its demands should the governmental go ahead with proposals for lifetime deposits. In...

Atlas Residential - a Build to Rent developer with over 75,000 international properties - is partnering with deposit alternative supplier flatfair...

Canopy, a firm that says it wants to eliminate rental deposits in the next five years, has won a £50,000 cash...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

A leading provider of deposit alternatives has voiced concern at the Conservatives’ proposal to have a lifetime deposit scheme to make...

A PropTech firm says it is going to eliminate tenant screening costs by 2021 for lettings agents and landlords who use...

Rental platform Canopy, which allows tenants to rent without a deposit, has announced a new partnership which will allow agents and...

Rightmove has at last completed on its acquisition of tenancy referencing firm Van Mildert, first announced two months ago. The deal, reported...

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

In what some see as a sign of the growing importance of the lettings sector over sales, Rightmove has acquired tenant...

A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...

The concept of a so-called rental property passport would rapidly improve the quality of accommodation and landlords, and would be far...

The number of fake or fraudulent rental applications is on the rise, with landlords and letting agents being fooled by a...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...

Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...

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

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

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

Rettie & Co is the first agency north of the border to offer a no-deposit scheme to tenants - although it’s...

The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...

The chief commercial officer of PropTech startup Canopy says that letting agents and Build to Rent landlords need to accommodate the...

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

The government’s controversial Right To Rent policy is to be challenged in the High Court just before Christmas. It was announced in...

High-profile buy to let mortgage lender LendInvest says it’s going to allow applicants to prove their ID online via photographs. It’s working...

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

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

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

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...

One of the six PropTech start-ups shortlisted to develop a system allowing tenants’ rental histories to count towards their creditworthiness says...

It’s been revealed this morning that there are two legal challenges being mounted against the Right To Rent policy, which obliges...

Countrywide’s Hamptons International is to work with a PropTech firm to try out a no-deposit lettings scheme in four of its offices. Hamptons’...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...

A portal which allows renters to review their lettings experiences and which encourages agents to buy and download tenants' references has...

At Rent4sure we understand the challenges and increasing responsibilities that face every letting agent right now. With government plans for an outright...

The BBC says Right To Rent legislation is fuelling a burgeoning market in fake IDs - in some cases creating access...

A campaigning lettings agent says proposals to allow renters to transfer tenancy deposits between properties are to be welcomed – but...

The insurance group Direct Line says it is taking a 15 per cent equity stake in Canopy, an ‘alternative deposit’ company. Canopy...

Reference provider Rent4sure says agents should beware of the growing issue of online identity fraud, especially hitting people in their 30s.   A...

A 3-in-1 referencing solution to help agents secure safer tenancies. Rent4sure’s 3-in-1 referencing solution has been specifically designed to help agents secure...

Almost a fifth of British citizens could find it harder to access rental property, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

The vast majority of those conducting Right To Rent checks are unable to identify a fake passport if it is presented...

A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...

A damning critique of the one-year-old Right To Rent legislation in England suggests that the government is largely unaware of its...

The boss of easyProperty says he wants the Associational of Residential Letting Agents to back an initiative for so-called ‘referencing passports’...

Right To Rent legislation means British nationals without a passport face difficulties according to the Residential Landlords’ Association.    According to its latest...

The ability of the government to enforce controversial elements of the Right To Rent policy has been thrown into doubt by...

An industry body is suggesting that the outcome of a court case may significantly reduce the government’s ability to enforce its Right...

The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...

People coming to work in Scotland from overseas are making up an increasing proportion of private sector tenants according to a...

Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is to take part in an urgent meeting called by the Home Office on the...

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...

Property consultancy Daniel Watney LLP is the latest industry operator to label the government’s Right To Rent immigration checks as unworkable,...