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13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Improve housing standards! Propertymark’s call to winning politicians](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-Wide-InArticle.jpg)
Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![More agents seeking formal qualifications, says Propertymark](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
The number of agents seeking formal qualifications has risen significantly over the past year according to Propertymark. The trade body says this...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Another warning to John Lewis and Lloyds - stay out of rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![New call for letting agents to be trained, qualified and licensed](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents' wing of Propertymark says the recent expulsion of three agents from The Property Ombudsman demonstrates the...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Future of renting? Fund is to buy and let 2,000 properties](/img/default/lat.png)
Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![One in five landlords to invest in buy to let on 2020 - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short lets offer opportunities for agents - but only if they’re regulated](/img/default/lat.png)
The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Top agent urges Airbnb regulation to deter criminal activity](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets: New body bids to make sector more professional](/img/default/lat.png)
A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![ARLA says new Code of Conduct is watershed moment for industry](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has described the introduction of a code of conduct and official register for letting agents...