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It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...

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One of the suppliers in the fiercely competitive world of deposit alternatives has introduced an ‘unlocking deposits’ option. From today, Zero Deposit...

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that more than four out of 10 of the tenancy deposits it manages are currently...

Lettings software platform teclet has announced a strategic partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau. It means MAB’s intermediary products and services will...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform.  The move means agents who process both...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

In the past 18 months more than 200 landlords from across Scotland have been found to be in breach of a...

The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...

The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...

If you are a letting agent who has begun to question your worth, stop. The value of property management is rising...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has partnered with Barbon Insurance Group to co-market the two organisations’ products. “We’re thrilled to partner with the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced a link with insurance product and moving services operation The Lettings Hub. Lettings Hub offers...

A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...

Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers.  The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...

Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...

The Residential Landlords Association has entered into a partnership with deposit alternative service Zero Deposit. The RLA says the service will be...

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has rebranded as safeagent.  NALS has helped coordinate the safeagent campaign since 2011, focussing during that time...

Not-for-profit operator Tenancy Deposit Scheme says early intervention between landlords and tenants across the UK is resulting in many more deposit...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Paul Skinner, Operations manager at LetHQ. My business card...

An MP says he will raise with local police chiefs a series of claims from landlords and tenants concerning a lettings...

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...

The online property management platform Howsy, formerly known as NoAgent, has launched a new package for landlords. The platform says Howsy Protect...

A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

Tenant referencing, rent protection and insurance provider Rent4sure is to join other leading suppliers as an ESTAS partner for the 16th...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

PropTech company Goodlord is the latest entrant in the deposit alternative field. Under Goodlord Deposit Replacement Insurance agents can provide landlords with...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a £4,000 fine plus costs of over £5,000 after failing to license...

The mandatory Client Money Protection scheme membership that comes into effect today will protect landlords and tenants from letting agents that...

A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. Local media in the south of...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has launched a series of events to educate letting agents and landlords on deposit protection. Starting next month...

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...

The government says it is still considering applications to operate Client Money Protection schemes from April, despite approving five schemes so...

Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent...

A programme of nine new educational workshops takes place next month, some of which target new agents with little or no experience of deposits...

Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...

A new free online training course which guides letting agents through the key principles of disputes has been released by The...

The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...

Another client money protection scheme has been given approval to launch itself before regulations go live on April 1.  From that date...

Client Money Protect has gained formal government approval to operate a client money protection scheme when the regulations go live on...

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...

A letting agent in east London has been fined £4,000 after apparently publishing the incorrect fees that it levies on tenants...

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

Lettings agency Haart says it will return up to £20m in deposits to existing tenants if they sign up to a...

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

It’s 2019, and we may all be wishing each other a Happy New Year, but for UK landlords, the outlook might...

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Letting Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill has achieved Royal Assent, meaning that it will soon become an act of Parliament. Put...

Three letting agents who failed to return tenants’ deposits or pass on rent payments to landlords have been convicted of fraud...

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...

Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

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

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

London agency giant Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward is the latest to offer its tenant clients a no-deposit service.  It's going to use...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...

Tenant deposit protection scheme TDS will be in London in February to host a ‘hands-on’ half-day workshop for agents and landlords. Part...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents has launched a first-of-its-kind Client Money Protection to members.  Although CMP schemes are to be mandatory...

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...

Lettings agents, landlords and consumers are being warned about a growing number of ‘for-profit’ companies claiming to be independent inventory trade...

Online lettings agency Upad has drastically overhauled its product range, introducing a ‘pick and mix’ option allowing landlords to choose services...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...

A gloomy report from The Deposit Protection Service says the UK’s rental market is in recession for the first time since...

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...

Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

The parent company of The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) says its group companies will be taking a more 'joined up' approach...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...

Propertymark has launched a new Client Money Protection system, Money Shield, with a support statement from much of the lettings sector...

The chief executive of mydeposits has hit back at a Which? report calling for reform - or possibly even replacement -...

A buy to let investor has been fined £1,750 because of his alleged “aggressive practices”.  Shafaqat Ali Sadiq, of Derby, has been...

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...

The government has produced new guidelines on setting up client money protection schemes for the private rented sector. They are evidently aimed...

The former office manager of an estate agency in Scunthorpe conned her employer out of over £34,000, a court has heard. Local...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...

Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...

It’s been revealed that a church is amongst those owed thousands of pounds by a letting agent who has gone to...

A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his call for letting agents to use more technology to clean up their act when...

Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...

Consumers' money remains at risk until April 1 2019 is the key message of this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week. Over the next...

Countrywide - which is making the lettings sector a key part of its ‘back to basics’ programme - is proposing to...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says he welcomes reforms currently moving through Parliament to professionalise the lettings sector - but he wants...

The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...

A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

Ian Wilson, chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, says new rules for regulating the lettings sector will probably be clumsily...

The Property Ombudsman is the latest property industry player to throw its support behind the introduction of mandatory qualifications and a...

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

Spicerhaart has signed up with a deposit-free renting platform to offer landlords and tenants the option of working with a no-deposit system...

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

Online agency easyProperty has announced the launch of two new lettings options.  One, called easyLet, is broadly a listings service: for £99...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has announced new dates for its academy courses, delivering training on tenancy deposit disputes and adjudication to...

Three one-day courses are being held this year - the first next week - aimed at updating letting agents on changes...

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

The cash value of tenancy deposits crooked landlords and letting agents have been convicted of pocketing in 2018 has already passed...

Three head tenants who sub-let a three bedroom house to 35 men have been hit with over £23,000 in fines. Gheorghe-Valentin Lingurar...

Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...

The successful transfer of £12 billion worth of buy-to-let mortgages has been completed.  Last year, Blackstone and Prudential purchased the book of...

The director of a lettings agency who who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds to spend on holidays and other luxuries...

The man behind a leading lettings industry PropTech company says the new Code of Conduct to clean up the rental sector...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has described the introduction of a code of conduct and official register for letting agents...

The code sets out the standards to be met by anyone engaged in lettings including specific requirements around how clients’ money...

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’...

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...

The UK Association of Letting Agents has launched a deal with insurance firm Let Alliance to allow total loss client money...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark have introduced a raft of deals in a bid to save agents money.  Membership subscription fees will remain...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and its sister organisation the National Association of Estate Agents has launched the second phase of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has come out against a single government-administered system for Client Money Protection in the private...

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...

A large shake up of the private rental sector begins in Scotland tomorrow with the introduction of Private Residential Tenancies replacing...

David Cox, the chief executive of ARLA Propertymark, has joined the board of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme as a non-executive director. Cox,...

A buy to let investor who failed to purchase a £542 licence for his HMO has been ordered to pay almost...

Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...

The average UK rent increased just £11.55 or 1.51 per cent over the last year according to The Deposit Protection Service. The new DPS...

Agency groups have spoken in favour of the government’s call for letting agents to be trained as a mandatory part of...

London Bishops have written to housing minister Alok Sharma calling on him to do more to protect vulnerable private tenants. The Bishops...

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

The government has announced that all letting agents will be required to “satisfy minimum training requirements” in order to trade. The provision...

The draft Bill to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants has been published - it’s to be called the Tenants’...

A campaigning letting agent says that at the start of this financial year the total cash value of deposits held in...

Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...

Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...

A dawn raid on a home in north London has discovered 35 men bedding down on mattresses in every room except...

Ajay Jagota, the north east agent known for his campaign against rental deposits, says recent initiatives by two deposit protection services...

Letting agents using insured deposit protection schemes have been urged to switch to a custodial model in order to compensate for...

The Dispute Service (TDS) has announced today that it will provide dispute resolution for a new deposit replacement company.  The 'long-term strategic...

A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for evicting a tenant illegally.  Last week, Suhail Mahmood, 30, was convicted at Sheffield Magistrates'...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has started work on a TV advertisement to highlight the importance of landlords instructing agents. The...

Humberts has launched an online-only lettings option for landlords with a PropTech firm which has previously operated a service described as...

Lettings transaction platform Goodlord is branching into rent protection with a product that can be integrated into the company’s app.   “Agents can...

The findings of the most recent English Housing Survey, an annual report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government,...

A prominent lettings industry campaigner says the head of a tenancy deposit scheme has “serious questions to answer” after his comments...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

The head of the parent firm of mydeposits is warning tenants and landlords tempted to enter into new ‘no-deposit’ schemes to...

Reports from Australia suggest some of the country’s leading letting agencies have inserted clauses into their tenancy contracts to ban renters...

An alternative to traditional deposits, already tested in the German rental market, is now being introduced into the UK - and...

A trade body wants independent inventories to become mandatory across the lettings sector - and it pledges to mount a campaign...

The boss of 300 branch agency Belvoir has called on the government to appoint a cross-party housing tsar to work with...

Who are you? Rebecca Johnston What does it say on your business card? Managing Director (TDS Custodial) What is TDS Custodial? TDS Custodial is a government-approved...

Deposit protection organisation the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has announced that current ARLA Propertymark Vice President Claire Lloyd will be joining...

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 according to the Deposit Protection Service’s figures for the...

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.   As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...

As the end of the academic year approaches, one deposit protection scheme is urging student tenants to reclaim their deposits.  SafeDeposits Scotland...

This week, thousands of letting agents will be taking part in SAFEagent Awareness Week 2017. Agents taking part in the event –...

A trade body has suggested that the General Election on June 8 may lead to a government with new priorities, meaning...

A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...

Custodial deposit protection was introduced 10 years ago this week and the Deposit Protection Service has been marking the anniversary. Custodial protection...

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...

There has been widespread pleasure from throughout the industry at the government’s decision to accept the recommendation of a working group...

The Property Ombudsman and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have announced a second phase of their campaign to tackle letting agents...

The working group set up by the Department of Communities and Local Government to consider Client Money Protection says the scheme...

Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...

A rogue landlord found guilty of waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally...

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

Agents and many industry bodies have expressed their disappointment and anger at many provisions of the Housing White Paper produced by...

The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...

A campaigning lettings agent is demanding action over what he suggests is a tenancy deposit system that is in need of...

Almost two in five private tenants plan to remain renting rather than buy a property, according to a new study. A survey...

Lettings agents have been issued fines totalling £14,100 by a local authority for failing to comply with consumer rights laws.   Officers from...

A landlord has been given a conditional discharge and a four-figure bill after being found guilty of unlawfully evicting a tenant.   Cornwall...

A private landlord has been fined by a London magistrates court for poor and potentially dangerous housing conditions.    Monojor Ali was fined...

Many agencies have spoken out in dismay at the announcement by government that letting agency fees on tenants would be banned...

The soaring cost of a private rental deposit - now approaching £1,000 - makes the need for an accurate inventory greater...

The latest demand by anti-letting agent pressure group Generation Rent is for the government to abolish the right of landlords or...

A dramatic legal spat between New York’s civic leaders and online short-lets platform Airbnb escalated over the weekend in a dispute...

An industry body says more work must be done to reduce the number of tenancy deposit disputes, despite recent improvements.   The Association...

Protecting your business in an unpredictable market can be a challenge, so finding insurance you can rely on is essential. As a nationwide...

As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....

The number of tenancy deposit disputes reached a record high in 2015-16, but still represents only a fraction of all deposits. Figures...

Letting agents have just a week left to add their voice to the debate on whether mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP)...

SAFEagent, the kitemark scheme for agents offering Client Money Protection, has backed the National Approved Lettings Scheme's (NALS) call for a...

SafeDeposits Scotland has announced that Ian Potter will succeed Sir Andrew Cubie as the organisation's chairman. Potter, who has been on the...

A letting agent who stole more than £400,000 from clients has had her sentence appeal dismissed by judges. Amy Williams, who part-owned Williams...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is the latest industry body to back the Government's review of mandatory Client Money...

New data from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme shows that at the end of March 2016 there were a total of 3.426m...

A raft of regulatory and legal changes for letting agents in Scotland in 2018 is being flagged up by the Association...

The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...

Lettings agents are being invited to take part in a national online survey launching today and seeking to get an industry-wide...

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

Another major organisation within the private rental sector has thrown its weight behind mandatory Client Money Protection for letting agents in the...

Several influential industry bodies have thrown their weight behind a review into whether Client Money Protection should be mandatory for letting...

Letting agents and others in the industry have until October 3 to respond to a new review in to Client Money...

A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless.    Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...

Another survey, this time from an online letting agency, reveals that as many as 70 per cent of tenants are concerned...

Ensuring that your business and your landlords’ interests are fully protected is now more important than ever and Rent4sure, as a...

Franchise agency Hunters is urging other letting agencies to become a SAFEagent to offer more secure services to landlords and tenants. “We’re...

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

A landlord is to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next week after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to fire...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have asked new housing minister Gavin Barwell to...

Controversial licensing conditions for a city’s landlords have been changed following complaints from an industry group.    Liverpool council has modified the conditions...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has created a toolkit which it says will help local authorities tackle rogue letting agents who...

A landlord in Milton Keynes has been ordered to pay a total of £24,168.29 for serious breaches of fire safety regulations...

Tenancy deposits in England and Wales are typically £100 dearer than the Scottish equivalent.  Between June 2015 and May 2016, the average...

Next week letting agents across the country will be taking part in the fifth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week. The event aims to...

Campaign group Generation Rent is running a research project into letting agent fees via a comparison website named Letting Fees UK. The...

MPs have approved measures that relax the previous threat of ‘immediate criminality’ for agents or landlords waiting to evict illegal immigrants. Changes...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has given its support for what appears to be a government U-turn on Client Money...

Compulsory client money protection kitemark organisation SAFEagent says the lettings industry should be making public just how much is paid out...

Six letting agents have all pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud. The Ham & High says they were all employees of...

A new survey by insurer Direct Line for Business suggests that landlords who have not instructed letting agents to act for...

The 1,000th person has been trained as part of Rent Smart Wales, the compulsory scheme that says it aims to raise...

Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...

Landlords or agents acting for them will no longer be immediately criminalised for failing to pick up illegal tenants according to...

Three lettings groups have modified their advertisements after complaints were received by the Advertising Standards Authority. The UK Association of Letting Agents...

LSL Property Services has taken a 65 per cent share in Group First Limited which provides mortgage and protection brokerage services...

A property company managing an HMO in prime central London has been £47,900. The fine is in relation to 24 charges under...

A letting agent who unlawfully evicted a tenant from a property has been ordered to pay a total of £4,315. Alan Croft...

New partners have been announced for The ESTAS Group's annual awards event taking place in London in April.  The headline sponsor remains...

An automated rental transaction processing that has high-profile agency users around the world is set to launch in the UK later...

Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...

Letting agents have been ticked off by an official watchdog for the way many of them handle clients' personal data. The Information Commissioner’s Office...

The vocal campaign group Generation Rent is making the jaw-dropping claim that one in four private tenants has been evicted “for...

We’ve seen large numbers of local councils set up private rental accreditation systems, and a string of politicians from all major...

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...

Letting agents or landlords who will be legally obliged to conduct Right to Rent checks on tenants from February 1 actually...

Campaigning charity Shelter says it is setting a lettings sector ‘test’ for candidates vying to become the next Mayor of London. “Early...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

There is another warning today that changes to buy to let mortgage tax relief will lead to increased rents.  Back in July,...

SAFEagent is calling on the government to use the passage of the Housing Bill through Parliament to make a Client Money...

Repairs software provider Fixflo - which last week entered into a partnership with The Property Ombudsman scheme and The Deposit Protection...

The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a summary of the 600 responses it has received to its recent...

The body which issues codes of advertising has issued new guidance for letting agents on how to publicise rental fees in...

The Property Ombudsman scheme and The Deposit Protection Service are entering into a partnership with software specialist Fixflo to create a...

Eight out of 10 in rental accommodation want tenancy agreements of one year or less, a large survey by The Deposit Protection...

Government proposals forcing agents and landlords to check the immigration status of tenants risk a serious breach of human rights according...

A formal tenancy deposit dispute could be defused by something as basic as a simple conversation, says the Association of Independent...

Approaching 50 per cent of private tenants have experienced property maintenance issues with their agents or landlords. The figure comes through research...

Students are considered to be almost twice as likely to lose their deposit at the end of a tenancy than any...

Who are you? I’m the managing director of Fixflo and before starting Fixflo I worked as a property lawyer in London and...

The broker Independent Mortgage Solutions - which until now has found loans for clients interested in residential sales, self-build and buy...

The Citizens Advice charity is urging people to lobby for more controls over the private rental sector, letting agents and landlords,...

Tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits says almost a third of its notified disputes between tenants and agents or landlords do not...

The government-backed tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits is allowing letting agents join online in a bid to cut down on paperwork. mydeposits...

Every landlord in Wales will have to undertake ‘training’ and be licensed under new rules coming into effect this autumn. In a...

The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...

This week will see whether Chancellor George Osborne will give in to calls to close some of the tax breaks given...

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...

A Labour MP is launching a campaign to force private landlords to ensure that their premises are fit for habitation.  Karen Buck,...

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  Under the...

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  Under the...

A landlord has been fined £1,000 after leaving his tenant without any hot water. Reading council received a report of a fault...

Landlords could risk facing heavy fines if they fail to protect their tenants’ deposits before an important new deadline on June...

The Deposit Protection Service is reminding letting agents and landlords that they have to act with extreme urgency over older tenancy...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government’s controversial Deregulation Act, which is now in force, is creating critical new...

As this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week draws to a close today and thousands of agents have been raising the profile of...

Landlords and letting agents have been issued a reminder that they have less then three weeks to protect tenancy deposits with...

A landlord has been hit with an £11,000 fine after putting his tenants' lives at risk. Javeed Hossain was prosecuted by the...

A deposit protection scheme has published a deposit dispute best practice guide for letting agents and landlords. my|deposits has produced the document...

This week over 3,000 letting agents from across the UK will be taking part in the fourth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week...

This publication recently reported on Russell Quirk's latest attempt to upset the establishment, this time by attacking the hallowed ground of...

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of which...