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The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...

A prominent letting agency on the south coast of England, Mishon Mackay, says PropTech is allowing it to offer a unique...

It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...

Industry supplier FocalAgent has launched the National Property Photography Awards. Its network of over 1,000 professional photographers submit shots each month: those...

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

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Letting Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

A lettings agency has apologised after a campaign by activists about the condition of a rental property it manages. Protesters outside the...

The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...

Agents are being warned about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding rental property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest provider of...

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...

Essex Police Force has tweeted a pair of photographs that go to prove agents should check a property before going on a...

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

A new floorpan tool has been launched which its founder claims to be “quicker and easier to use” than predecessors. Agents can add...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

A PropTech firm is making its Covid-19 functionality free to use for agents, landlords and tenants facing challenges in accessing properties.  Launched...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At...

A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

The owner of two properties has been fined £35,000 for breaches of the selective licensiing regime in his local area.  At a...

Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s already December so we imagine many offices will be getting...

A landlord who made a perverted request to take photographs of a teenager in her underwear has had his request for...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

Lettings agency Northwood has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority to ensure that photographs of a specific property are updated...

The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...

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...

It's now less than 10 days before the BBC's annual Children In Need charity fund-raising event.  We all support the charity's great...

You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...

Halloween's over, Guy Fawkes' Night has been and gone - now it's a slide through the Awards season and downhill to...

Repair reporting platform Fixflo has integrated with inventory firm No Letting Go's letting agent reporting software Kaptur. The integration means Kaptur will now...

Cleaning is the number one cause of disputes in the private rental sector since the introduction of tenant deposit protection in...

An experiment by an online agency and an interiors firm suggests professionally shot pictures of a furnished flat will generate six...

When renting out a property, most landlords choose to take a deposit from their tenant prior to the tenancy starting. The...

A Twitter campaign has been launched under the hashtag ventyourrent to expose what its users claim are the “rip off” rent...

OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...