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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...

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

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...

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

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

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An influential group of MPs has called for the replacement of “outdated” Energy Performance Certificates with new ‘Building Renovation Passports’.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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...