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A property company and a landlord have each been found guilty of 27 charges relating to the management of two properties...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

Changes to electrical safety standards rules applying to existing tenancies came into force at the start of the Easter break and...

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...

The private rental sector has new electricity regulations taking effect next week, putting the emphasis on agents and landlords. The Electrical Safety...

Letting agents have only 10 days to open segregated client accounts or they could face being expelled by their client money...

Uncertain market means additional revenue streams are more important than ever The last year has been an uncertain period for many business...

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...

A lettings agency in central London has been issued with a fine for not belonging to a Client Money Protection scheme. The...

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

A head tenant who posed as a landlord has been taken to court by a London council. Sonia Nascimento rented a converted...

ARLA Propertymark is reminding agents about the controversial Breathing Space legislation coming into effect on May 4. The new rules are known as...

Two letting agents have been ordered to pay £16,000 to a landlord after their activities were found to be unregistered and...

Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...

A tenant referencing service and lettings insurance provider is linking with an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy. HomeLet and Let Alliance, part of...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

A senior buying agent is warning that new regulations over the length of notice given to tenants is having an unexpected...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

Letting agents have been told to document all arranging, planning and scheduling of work related to electrical checks in a bid...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...

The ban on private rental evictions in Scotland has been formally extended by two months, with a high expectation that a...

A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy.  The service - called COHO - claims...

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...

A new rental system allowing licensed lettings agents to offer landlords a year’s rent up-front has had hundreds of responses in...

ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...

A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...

A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

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

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...

There have been changes to the Notice To Quit process in Northern Ireland. The Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

Two landlords have been served with civil penalty notices for operating unlicensed HMOs.  The notices were from Wellingborough council; one was for...

There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A council says it's identified hundreds of rental properties within its boundaries which apparently do not comply with key energy efficiency...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000.  Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

Two London landlords and their lettings agents will have to pay tens of thousands of pounds after a home they were letting...

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...

The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

Confusion over Electrical Inspection Condition Reports, created by inaccurate statements from the government, has been slammed by a housing law expert.  Last...

The arrival of mandatory enhanced electrical checks so soon after the chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic represents a perfect storm for...

The government has withdrawn its latest electrical safety checks guidance for the private rental sector, with immediate effect. However, there remains...

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...

A westcountry landlord is only the second in England to have received a banning order preventing him from letting or managing...

ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...

The lettings market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister of...

Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...

Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

A group of local landlords and others in the private rental sector are challenging a local authority’s licensing proposals with their...

It’s only eight weeks to the start off the new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector which come into...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

Research by the National Residential Landlords Association and the Which? consumer body has revealed that some 53 councils in England alone...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

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

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

A shocking case of a buy to let HMO that did not even have a working smoke detector has led to...

PropTech company Goodlord, already used by hundreds of agencies across the UK, has revealed a £10m investment windfall after its latest...

The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

A lettings agency in one of the most competitive markets in Britain says it’s enjoyed a record year winning landlords from...

New regulations governing HMOs are coming into effect in a north of England council. Landlords and developers will now need planning permission...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

There was a surge in the number of fake lettings inventories submitted last year, allowing tenants to be conned out of...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...

Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...

It looks almost certain that agents and landlords must ensure electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new...

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...

A Labour council serving one of the largest private rental communities in the country is reported to have failed to have...

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...

A rogue landlord has been found guilty of unlawful harassment and misleading and aggressive practices, and will be sentenced next month. Ragoopathy...

The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...

A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have created a matrix for letting agents and landlords about...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

A rogue landlord has been fined more than £150,000 after failing to rectify safety hazards in a property he let. Latif Rehman...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...

A rogue landlord and the property company he ran have been fined £22,000 for dishing out ‘sham licences’ to tenants in...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

The Welsh Government says it’s going to issue clarifications to some issues before the end of this year; if agreed by...

Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

A leading trade body says the government’s latest injection of funds to help local councils root out rogue operators in the...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...

The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...

A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

A national awareness campaign is required to help landlords get to grip with new Energy Performance Certificate legislation. That’s the view of...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

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

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

PropTech, and specifically Artificial Intelligence, could help letting agents better cope with new demands created by further industry regulation. That’s the view...

A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes...

Warwick district council has issued its first civil penalty to the landlord of an HMO. Glenn Gamblin, the landlord of the property...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

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

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

Media reports in London suggest that Labour’s hyper-active housing spokesman on the Greater London Assembly may be under threat from Jeremy...

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

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...

PropTech supplier Goodlord says it’s updated its core product to ensure compliance with new regulations - and it says it’s offering...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

A rogue landlady has been hit with a fine of £24,000 after conning her tenants and the local authorities with a...

A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...

A senior figure at a deposit replacement service says the current flurry of changes in the private rental sector are positive. Daniel...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

A leading legal firm is warning that Right To Rent could become even more complicated for letting agents and landlords after...

The owner of a buy to let HMO has been found guilty of six offences but has received a fine of...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...

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

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing.  The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...

A landlord has been convicted of three offences relating to his failure to comply with fire safety requirements in a privately...

A leading trade body says the argument that councils have insufficient powers to tackle rogue operators isn’t supported by the facts...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...

Doncaster council has paid £100,000 to a private landlord who threatened to take it to court over alleged slander.  Local media outlets say...

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

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...

A local authority in the Midlands has admitted what many people have believed for some time - despite a slew of...

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

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

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

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £5,000 in fines and costs in a licensing dispute with a local council.  Almas...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...

The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

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

A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

A landlord and building contractor have been fined after quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory...

A lettings agency has been banned from running an Airbnb let in a residential block. It relates to a block in Glasgow...

In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

Shock figures released by an insurance company suggest that councils are woefully unable to police new regulations regarding mandatory HMO licensing. Figures...

Luton landlord Mervyn Kupshik has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 to the Local council - and if he doesn’t do...

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...

The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...

More than 77,000 UK landlords will be shelling out a combined £95 million this month, as new occupancy laws come into...

An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...

The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

The policy director of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on local councils to use the 'extensive powers' they have...

A landlord in Reading has been handed a huge fine for serious breaches of fire safety regulations.  Philip Brotherton's company Cresctcourt Properties...

A landlord has been hit with a total fine of almost £40,000 for breaching House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) management regulations. David...

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...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

OneSavings Bank, the parent organisation of specialist buy to let lender Kent Reliance, has given a warning on the possible impact...

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...

Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...

One of the country’s largest independent property management firms says it’s seeing a clear shift within the rental sector from traditional...

The government should be more ambitious when it comes to ensuring the private rented sector becomes increasingly energy efficient. That’s the message...

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

Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...

More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...

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

The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...

A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...

Airbnb is facing more attempts to regulate its short lets, this time with the European Commission calling on the platform to...

There are now well over 125 pieces of legislation and regulations - most introduced in modern times - governing the private...

A specialist buy to let mortgage lender says buy to let investors should act now - even if it means borrowing...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...

Buy to let landlords are on the way out and Build To Rent will dominate the sector in the foreseeable future.  That’s...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...

Countrywide is introducing the ARLA Level 2 qualification throughout its branch network.  All customer-facing lettings staff who joined the business on or...

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

An experienced agent claims that forgoing the services of a letting agent to save money is a false economy for landlords. In...

The National Federation of Builders is linking up with a lettings trade body to make it easier for reputable craftspeople to...

The Lomond Capital acquisition bandwagon continues apace with the latest independent to be snapped up being the well known Bonett’s Estate...

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

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...

The number of buy to let mortgage products on the open market has passed the 2,000 mark for the first time.  This...

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of 35 HMO-related offences - and has to pay a total fine...

A survey has revealed that with over 145 individual laws and more than 400 regulations to follow, it’s dangerous for landlords...

A leading property law specialist has warned that many buy to let investors remain unaware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...

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

Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...

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

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations on a wider...

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...

The buy to let sector still requires £400m spending on improving the energy efficiency of its stock in order to conform...

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties.  From...

A property management company has been landed with a legal bill of almost £2,000 after admitting that it failed to keep...

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has selected a software supplier to handle some of the exceptions to the...

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

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...

The National Landlords Association is seeking property professionals to be its local representatives across the country. The association says these representatives “are...

A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...

With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is upset at the government’s confirmation that the extension of mandatory HMO licensing will come into force...

An ‘instant EPC ratings check’ has been created on the website of Mortgages for Business allowing agents to check the ratings...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

A council says it hopes a massive set of fines and costs imposed on one buy to let investor and his...

A lettings agency apparently trying to get around HMO regulations has been prosecuted for licensing and housing offences.  Easy Let Agency let...

A London council has been the first in the country to use the Proceeds of Crime Act for a breach in...

Agents and landlords with responsibilities to ensure gas checks are carried out in private rental properties may have more flexibility over...

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...