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Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...

The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into how letting agents operate within the private rental sector. It says...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to investigate allegations about advertising for shared ownership homes.  In 2021 an advertisement appeared on...

Trading Standards is calling for more due diligence checks to be made following the jailing of a rogue letting agent for...

A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...

MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local...

A newspaper probe has discovered that sow-called exempt accommodation - often for the most vulnerable tenants - has received a Hugh...

A local authority is launching an investigation into what housing options there are for younger people within its patch, and whether...

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...

Three lettings agency bosses have been banned from being directors of companies for a total of over 13 years after being...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

A fake lettings operation has been uncovered by a leading legitimate agency - and now the National Trading Standards Estate and...

A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...

A landlord and the property company of which he is director have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £17,000...

An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

Restaurant staff were kept in “dangerous and overcrowded” conditions by a property company and its landlord-director, a court has heard. The company...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

A local authority is launching a six month probe into rooms let out but exempt from rental sector regulation. The project is...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

Two Bristol landlords have been ordered to repay nearly £5,000 following investigations by the council’s so called rogue landlord unit. One, Lucy...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...

A BBC investigation suggests some agents may be mis-selling deposit alternative schemes. Tenants are then hit by what the probe says are...

A lettings management boss has been disqualified for six years after failing to safeguard over £68,000 worth of tenants’ deposits. Kelly Louise Forrester...

A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...

A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb.  The Times reports that Toby...

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

There’s a claim today that around one million amateur and professional landlords in the new short lets sector are not adequately...

An 18 month probe by different authorities has led to a £4,000 fine for an HMO owner in the Highlands. The local...

A council accused of paying over £500,000 to a landlord it had already ruled as unfit to rent out property is...

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a letting agent who appears not to be in any redress scheme, is being investigated by...

A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...

A lettings agency owner in Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and theft following a newspaper probe. Earlier this year...

The police have launched a fraud probe against a Norfolk estate agency which closed in June.  The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) reports...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...

Some letting agencies and selected landlords are being asked to take part in a new survey investigating views and experiences in...

An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...

A London letting agency with connections to Westminster council is now being investigated by the same council’s trading standards department. CityWest Homes...

Agents have until November 24 - two days after the next Budget - to submit evidence to the latest probe into...

The powerful and all-party Communities & Local Government Select Committee of MPs has launched a new enquiry into improving the quality...

Kensington & Chelsea council in central London has set up a series of hotline services and a working party to investigate...

There is to be a new high-level and independent review of the private rental sector in England.   The Nationwide Foundation is funding...

The director of a letting agency in Devon has been released on bail until June 2.   In November and December, Letting Agent...

Conservative MP Oliver Colvile is calling for urgent action following a recent spate of fraud involving rogue letting agents.   When approached by...

A branch of Foxtons has been fined £2,500 for failing to properly describe a fee charged to tenants.    The agency was caught...

A local newspaper says a Plymouth lettings agent has been arrested by police on suspicion of theft, fraud and money laundering.    Last...

A letting agent whose office closure prompted a police investigation has issued a statement saying she has had a stroke.   The agency, Drake...

The BBC is claiming that vulnerable families are being exploited by rogue landlords in Glasgow - including in the constituency for...

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

On October 6 2015 we published an article concerning Clever Student Lets Ltd, entitled “Agents back political probe into deal between...

The Charity Commission is to probe the links between a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in...

Letting Agent Today last week reported on Lancaster Property Network Management when it went into voluntary liquidation - now the agency...

The manager of a Lancaster letting agency dealing chiefly with students says he will co-operate with any police investigation into his...

The All Party Parliamentary Group for the Private Rented Sector has launched an inquiry into the energy efficiency of private rented...

The government has confirmed that it has no plan to ban letting agency fees in England. Fees are already banned in Scotland...

The Insolvency Service, which probes all compulsory liquidations and individual bankruptcies, has wound up two letting agencies.  Morgan Fox (Lettings) Limited, formerly...

A council in an area with one of the country’s largest private lettings sectors says it has launched investigations into more...