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You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

A new borough-wide landlord licensing scheme is set to launch in the London borough of Brent on April 1, the council...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer.   The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

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

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

Propertymark has urged its members who feel frustrated by the changes to the Scottish Government’s so-called Cost of Living regulations ending...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

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

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

Propertymark has responded to two consultations on the proposals to introduce electrical safety standards and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in...

Repairs and maintenance supplier Fixflo is warning agents of a surge in demand for Electrical Installation Condition Reports in the short...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...

A lettings agency has pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to an HMO. IHomes Letting Limited has been fined £16,970 for failing...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

Two of the highest profile PropTech suppliers to the lettings and wider property sectors have announced a merger. Reapit and PayProp say...

Sally Lawson of Agent Rainmaker writes: Online information sessions are a vital way to network with landlords and showcase your expertise. That’s what...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...

Rightmove has teamed up with the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team to create a new course on compliance...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...

It looks as if the government is accepting that there is a problem with how banks treat Pooled Client Accounts -...

Propertymark is introducing a new dedicated Lettings Helpline for ARLA members in England and Wales.  Until now Propertymark has provided members with access...

Propertymark has responded to an HM Treasury consultation on anti-money laundering processes - and in doing so it’s slammed “heavy handed...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

Propertymark is urging agents to give it their views on two consultations on health and safety issues coming out of Northern...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

It’s vital for agents to have a process in place to check documentation received at their office, to avoid potential claims.  This...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

Up to 160 regulations and responsibilities are overwhelming landlords and pushing them towards using agents, a prominent buying agent and property...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...

The Nationwide Foundation - a pressure group funded by the Nationwide - says more effective enforcement is required for the private...

Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...

Private landlords and lettings agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event. Cumberland council says property owners and...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

HM Treasury has published a consultation on reform of the anti-money laundering supervisory system, giving four options. Currently the supervisory system is...

Stricter proposals for energy efficiency under review by the government risk damaging the private rental sector if they remain unchanged. That’s the...

We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

Tomorrow sees the start of a month of webinars hosted by Rightmove to help agents understand compliance changes and how they...

Anti-money laundering consultancy FCS Compliance has announced its latest Webinar for agents using Rightmove. And with it comes a warning that the...

Three property management companies and a landlord have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...

Six letting agencies across the London borough of Haringey have been fined a total of £12,000 after a council clampdown. Trading Standards...

What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

Propertymark is backing the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all residential buildings in Wales. The Welsh Government is proposing to amend...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...

Letting agents have a key role in ensuring updated fire safety regulations really do improve standards for tenants in taller buildings. That’s...

Foxtons is to give its agents access to a compliance management and checking service. Fran Giltinan, Managing Director - Property Management &...

The latest data shows that while rents continue to climb, growth is starting to slow down.  According to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

The controversial Renters Reform Bill is not the anti-landlord charter that some in the h system claim it to be. That’s the...

Two former agents with experience between them of major players such as Countrywide, Leaders Romans and LSL have set up a...

A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...

The Guild of Property Professionals says PropTech may be the answer to the ongoing problem with client accounts. Since 2019 many banks...

A compliance expert is criticising unnamed agencies for risking fines “and wasting time and money” by relying on inadequate compliance reporting...

London’s renters are most at risk from finding their homes either being un-lettable or their landlord selling up due to the...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

Lettings agencies which rely on manual means of verification are risking repetitional damage caused by anti-money laundering regulations, a digital compliance...

New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...

Corrupt elites and criminal gangs who abuse the property and financial sectors will be identified and stripped of their cash, the...

A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

Good EPC ratings are increasingly important for tenants when considering which properties to rent, it’s been claimed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Trading Standards is reminding letting agents of their legal obligation to protect money they are holding on behalf of a client...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...