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A new survey on attitudes towards working from home in London makes interesting reading for those faced with letting homes to...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The allAgents reviews platform is calling on letting agents to ensure rental properties’ energy suppliers have up to date meter readings...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech referencing service is claiming to offer agents a new revenue stream during void periods. Vouch says it has created a...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

An agent who six months ago expanded his franchise empire to four branches has now added a fifth. Craig Pearson, who opened the...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...
29 September 2021
From: Recruitment & Business Matters

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has completed the purchase of Dewhurst Lettings in Swindon - the latest in its acquisition programme announced earlier...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies are amongst three property agents which have been fined by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Two front line success stories in the lettings agency industry are to address a webinar on the importance of qualifications. Megan Eighteen...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News

South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
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As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...
07 June 2021
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Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...
07 January 2021
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January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

We’re delighted that agents, suppliers and the rest of the industry will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...
26 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Two PropTech suppliers have announced their products will integrate in order to, in their words, “dramatically reduce reporting and end of tenancy...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A south coast agency has snapped up a local independent - the latest of several acquisitions it's made in recent years. Worthing’s...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
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A Conservative MP’s bid to ensure pets are allowed in private rental accommodation reaches its next stage in the New Year. Andrew Rosindell,...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus. The call comes...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A short-lets rental platform says it has evidence to show that nights booked in April are down 90 per cent compared...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

“Communication is pretty much everything…” - that’s the key message from Tega Alexander, digital marketing manager at the up-and-coming Homesearch. Thanks so...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A local authority has postponed the extension of its private rental sector licensing regime - but it’s warning agents not to...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has been called upon to issue specific Coronavirus guidance for the rental sector. The chief executive of the Association of...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has expelled five agencies, mostly for failures to honour awards: four of them are lettings operations and one...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector. LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An agent acting on behalf of a landlord has defended a bid for retrospective planning permission, but a Labour councillor has...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Northwood franchisees have completed four acquisitions, taking the total this year to eight. As part of the Belvoir Group, Northwood and has...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies. The agency was...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Hunters has expanded its franchise network once again with the opening of a new branch in Reading. Chas Shukla, director of Hunters...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A branch of national agency Parkers has bolstered its managed portfolio by acquiring independent company Samuel James. Parkers’ Reading branch has also...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A new utilities management platform for tenants says it will generate additional revenue streams for letting agents. Love Resident gives tenants online...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The Build To Rent sector continues to grow, albeit slowly - now volume house builder Crest Nicholson has teamed up with...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that it will shortly choose which local authority will be the...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
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It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord in Reading has been handed a huge fine for serious breaches of fire safety regulations. Philip Brotherton's company Cresctcourt Properties...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News

MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A newspaper in Northumbria says local police are treating a fire at a lettings agency as a deliberate arson attack. Police are...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Another Build To Rent scheme has been unveiled, this time in Berkshire. Crest Nicolson and M&G Real Estate have joined forces to...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief of what is described as Britain’s largest lettings agency has told an influential group of MPs that the proposed...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting agents - and anyone with ‘relevant expertise and experience or a special interest’ - have been invited to provide their...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has issued its annual report for 2017 and it makes grim reading for the rental sector - there’s...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Spring – the season of rebirth, revitalisation and regeneration – is now upon us, and it’s a time of the year...
26 April 2018
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One of the six PropTech start-ups shortlisted to develop a system allowing tenants’ rental histories to count towards their creditworthiness says...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman scheme has launched the third and latest phase of its national campaign with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The results of a survey of 2,000 people conducted by an online letting agency appear to make sombre reading for letting...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Haslams, a prominent agency in the Reading area, has appointed ex-Countrywide figure Martin Hembra as director of lettings. Hembra has over 20...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck, which could give tenants the right to sue landlords if...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The boss of 300 branch agency Belvoir has called on the government to appoint a cross-party housing tsar to work with...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have announced a second phase of their campaign to tackle letting agents...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News

You may have noticed some subtle changes to Letting Agent Today in recent weeks, aimed at improving the ‘user experience’ we...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Lenwell Property Services, a five-office lettings agency in the Home Counties, is spreading its wings into Hertfordshire with the acquisition of...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has repeated it call for the government to ban up-front letting agent fees at the...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Online estate agent Urban.co.uk says it has created a league table of fees that tenants are charged by agencies in different locations...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Renters’ Rights Bill - which includes provisions scrapping agents’ fees for tenants, mandatory registration of landlords and limiting the size of...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Damp and mould can mean big problems for landlords, letting agents and tenants. It can cause stress and even health issues...
02 November 2016
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A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News

An industry group has analysed changes made to the Homelessness Bill and has concluded that far from being something it could...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called for a cap on excessive letting fees charged to tenants, instead of a...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A study published by the GMB union claims that London’s well-documented high private rents are now leading to other steep rises...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents for single rooms across the UK increased at a faster rate than those in London, according to spareroom.co.uk. The rental...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the country's largest franchise agencies has announced that it is opening nine new offices. Belvoir has recently launched branches in...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A community group that has in the past staged protests at letting agents’ offices in Bristol has now organised a petition...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A local agency in Essex is accusing an unspecified number of rival firms in the area of not publicising their fees...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A local council claims around 90 per cent of the 100 or so letting agents operating within its area are breaking...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News

We hope you enjoy the stories on Letting Agent Today’s Breaking News section today - we thought it important to bring...
25 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The controversial campaign group ACORN, which has made headlines by protesting outside letting agency offices in Bristol, is launching a new...
24 February 2016
From: Breaking News

MPs have given their backing to a government proposal to ban rogue letting agents and landlords who repeatedly break private rental...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year. Looking for...
04 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A local authority is considering introducing measures to prevent landlords turning family homes in one of its conservation areas into HMOs. Reading...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The National Apartment Association, the organisation that represents the Build To Rent sector in the US, has just hosted a UK...
13 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A new survey claims there is a serious shortfall of appropriate quality accommodation for students. The research, conducted amongst 500 students and...
03 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £3,343 costs as well as a victim surcharge of £120...
02 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...
14 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Government proposals forcing agents and landlords to check the immigration status of tenants risk a serious breach of human rights according...
13 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a rental property in Harrogate has been fined over £8,200 after pleading guilty to two offences under the Regulatory...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A local council is consulting on the creation of a charter involving letting agents, landlords, consumer bodies and university accommodation teams. If...
22 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A letting agent in London has ditched the usual euphemisms and gone for the blunt approach by describing rooms to let...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Atlantis has sold its Reading-based lettings and estate agency to the Romans Group, with £5m being paid to Atlantis’s ultimate owner, John...
30 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A landlord who did not have the required licence for the number of tenants living in his property, and who also...
20 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Reading Council in Berkshire has confirmed that a voluntary ban on letting agents boards in part of the town will be...
17 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England says excessive lending to fund buy to let purchases could pose a risk to the financial well-being...
02 July 2015
From: Breaking News

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...
26 June 2015
From: Features

A landlord has been fined £1,000 after leaving his tenant without any hot water. Reading council received a report of a fault...
22 June 2015
From: Breaking News

A trial voluntary ban on letting agents boards in part of a town has been declared such a success it could...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

As this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week draws to a close today and thousands of agents have been raising the profile of...
05 June 2015
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much so that television pundits spent all night after the vote rubbishing...
15 May 2015
From: Features

Alex Hilton - a fiercely outspoken critic of the property establishment, especially letting agents - is stepping down tomorrow from his...