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A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

The Tenancy Deposit Service, the provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services, has appointed Fay Selvan as its new...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

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

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

The shareholders of OnTheMarket have reached their decision on the portal's controversial takeover by CoStar.  A statement released this afternoon says: "The...

An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...

Propertymark says it hopes that a Welsh Government White Paper proposing that nine devolved housing tribunals are consolidated into a single...

Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...

Propertymark is pressing Housing Secretary Michael Gove to adopt a housing court system to solve the problem of abandoned tenancies. The agents...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

New figures released this morning from The Property Ombudsman show that the overwhelming number of disputes in the past year involved...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament this...

The Deposit Protection Service is hosting a webinar to help letting agents better navigate the dispute resolution process.   The service says...

A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...

The government has taken the first step to introducing a mandatory ombudsman scheme which private landlords must join. This is effectively the...

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

There’s been a big rise in the number of complaints about agents lodged with the Property Redress Scheme, which says it’s...

A mediation and conciliation service which has previously been restricted to landlords and tenants is now on offer to letting agents.  The...

The Property Redress Service claims to be the largest lettings redress service now, with over 13,250 letting agency branches on board. In...

Small and medium sized lettings agencies which have had running disputes with banks are being offered a lifeline - but must...

The Property Ombudsman has reported a big rise in enquiries over last year and a huge rise since the pre-Covid year,...

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

Agents, leaseholders and freeholders can gain an insight into one of the most contentious areas of leasehold with a free webinar...

Many agencies have long-standing and unresolved banking complaints, for example regarding client accounts: now it’s been declared they have only six...

A prominent letting agency on the south coast of England, Mishon Mackay, says PropTech is allowing it to offer a unique...

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

Propertymark has stepped up its call for a dedicated Housing Tribunal to improve mediation and enhanced dispute resolution. The trade body also...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...

Letting agents using rent protection and legal expenses insurance via Goodlord will have their rent protected until vacant possession, with no cap...

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...

Propertymark has given its support to a free and independent dispute resolution service, the Business Banking Resolution Service, which is being offered to...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

Complaints referred to the Property Redress Scheme against its members grew by more than a quarter during 2020. In its annual report...

A new maintenance management app connecting agents and their tenants allows the tracking of repairs. Refectio compiles tenants’ faults onto a dashboard,...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has ended with nine of the affected staff leaving the company after a lengthy strike. The Unite...

The DPS is hosting free dispute webinars to enable landlords and letting agents to navigate the dispute resolution process. More than 2,000...

There's been a warning that tenants should not be deceived when a landlords wants possession of their property. Lindsays law firm says...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

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

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-authorised redress services, claims its new mediation option is a success. In March this...

Back in March 2019 we covered the story that Weymouth council in Dorset wanted a landlord licensing scheme for a town...

A new service claims it could help to avoid arrears by mediating in disputes between tenants and landlords or their agents. The...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

A real estate litigation partner at a leading law firm is warning that the Coronavirus crisis could lead to an 18...

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

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

Poor communication remains the chief reason for disputes between agents, landlords and tenants at check-out time according to the latest research. A...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...

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

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of deposit alternative scheme flatfair in a dispute which began with a complaint...

A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...

A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...

The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

The race for dominance in the deposit alternative field continues apace. Now franchise giant Hunters has teamed up with flatfair to bring...

Did you know that preparing for a deposit dispute starts at the beginning of a tenancy? When tenants and landlords disagree about...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

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

A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...

Independent inventory reporting is the perfect complement to the government’s proposed housing reforms. That’s the view of the UK’s largest provider of...

A rental platform says it welcomes government plans to overhaul redress for tenants and others in the housing system but it...

The government’s new redress system, announced last week and to be implemented later this year, must be free for renters to...

There’s been broad support from the lettings sector for the wide-ranging reform of the redress system announced yesterday by housing secretary...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

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

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...

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

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...