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A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

Automated rental payment service PayProp has revealed a revamped website.  The service described the new site as “a refreshed web presence that...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

Propertymark is hosting a client money security webinar tomorrow lunchtime between 12.30 and 13.30. The webinar will discuss the rise of Artificial...

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

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

An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...

In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...

The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning.  Dutton Gregory’s...

PayProp is known for its award-winning rental payment platform, which combines bank-integrated client accounting with automation to save letting agencies time...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

A company that tries to encourage people to buy a home in ‘chunks’ says few first time buyers are interested in...

An estimated 700,000 households across the UK missed rent or mortgage payments in April, according to the consumer body Which? It has...

Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...

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

New research from The Mortgage Lender reveals that 44 per cent of renters would like more cost-of-living support from the government. Specifically...

Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...

A survey of 2,000 tenants in England and Wales shows that some 23 per cent claim to be struggling to pay...

A PropTech expert is warning that letting agents can expect hefty fines if they fail to comply with complex Client Money...

It’s been revealed that agents have been kicked out of The Property Ombudsman in recent months for failing to pay compensatory...

A new survey by HomeLet and Dataloft shows that of 12,000 tenants questioned, over three quarters are worried about the cost...

The downbeat results of a survey by a finance company suggest that half of tenants are worried that they will be...

A new PropTech integration with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme’s API will help streamline deposit protection, it’s claimed. According to Debbie Davies of...

A new study from Rightmove reveals what aspiring first-time buyers are most likely to cut back on in a bid to...

Agents should look to lettings to protect themselves when the sales market is hit by the coming recession and drop in...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to a new record of £1,162 per calendar month according...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...

Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...

A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

LettsPay, an automated service aiming to simplify the reconciling of tenant rental payments, has won investment from the nurtur.group - the...

Industry trade body Propertymark says no Right To Rent checks will be required to be conducted by letting agents on Ukranian...

London-based lettings payment platform Yorlet has launched a new PropTech partnership with Canopy, TDS and Alan Boswell. The platform offers automated workflows,...

A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...

London-based lettings platform Yorlet has won £350,000 in seed funding to develop its payment Proptec solution. Yorlet was founded by friends Max...

PropTech supplier Goodlord, which says it’s working with 1,100 agency branches already, has introduced a new product. It says its Rent Collection...

The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and letting agents can...

Research carried out on behalf of Paragon Bank has highlighted each landlord has an average of 1.3 tenants with rent arrears...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...

A survey of 2,750 tenants by a prominent PropTech firm suggests a quarter are concerned about not being able to pay...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

A vocal London lettings agent says it isn’t the responsibility of agents or their landlord clients to take the financial hit...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur is warning agents to prepare for increased rent arrears from as soon as next month. Neil Cobbold, chief...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its...

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

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

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

There was just a two per cent rise in late rental payments over the last month according to figures from an...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...

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

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...

A PropTech firm says it is going to eliminate tenant screening costs by 2021 for lettings agents and landlords who use...

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...

Anyone underestimating the size of the UK’s growing private rental sector ought to think again - new research shows its value...

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

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

Cornwall council has confirmed that it’s to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to try to win compensation for victims of...

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

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

A Trading Standards team has prosecuted a landlord who allegedly 'knew' criminal activity was taking place in his buy to let...

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

Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...

A PropTech company has won approval from the Financial Conduct Authority to go ahead with a scheme which offers tenants a...

The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

PropTech company PayProp has been announced as the sponsor of the ESTAS People Awards category for 2019. The ESTAS is a customer...

Rent recognition platform CreditLadder, which enables renters to add their payments to their credit history, has announced a partnership which aims...

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

The Rent Recognition Challenge, an initiative to use technology to help share renters' payment histories with lenders and credit reference agencies,...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says lettings agents should be more vocal in providing the government with feedback on council rental licensing...

Channel 4’s hit comedy Stath Lets Flats shows the funny side of running a lettings agency but one of the country’s...

Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme. The first is Bower & Bower (B&B), a sales and lettings...