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There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...

Propertymark is hosting a webinar where Scott Bailey - policy manager at the Home Office - will answer questions on Right...

Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...

Propertymark is hailing its new Lettings Helpline as a success, just a month after it launched. In that four week period the...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with agents...

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

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

Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

A webinar says the Renters Reform Bill is the biggest challenge facing lettings agents - and it’s prompted calls to a...

PropTech supplier Goodlord has announced a partnership with an identity verification technology service which would allow agents to conduct digital Right...

The government has pulled together the latest guidance on Right To Rent, appropriate to landlords, lettings agents and home owners who...

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

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

Agents are confused over so-called digital identity verification - and some suppliers may be trying to dupe agents. That’s the claim from...

Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...

Referencing service Homeppl is expanding into Right to Rent checks. A digital R2R check can be integrated into Homeppl tenant referencing checks...

Changes to Right to Rent checks will be explained in detail in the latest free webinar to be organised by Propertymark...

An industry supplier says the recent Right To Rent changes have flown under the radar - and many agents don’t know...

Propertymark is reminding letting agents in England to be ready for significant changes to the way they carry out Right to...

Lettings Hub says there were 91,593 cases of tenant application fraud in 2021 alone, with the most common form of fraud...

One of the industry’s most respected legal experts is staging a teach-in for letting agents ahead of new Right To Rent...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...

The Lettings Hub has announced a two-year partnership with HooYu, a Know Your Customer specialist. As the deadline to end the temporary...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

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

Business partners the Post Office and PropTech firm Yoti have become the first certified digital identity service providers to be entitled...

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

A new Home Office code of practice comes into force today making changes to what letting agents in England need to...

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar aimed at...

There’s been yet another deadline change for the revised Right To Rent rules. Temporary checks introduced at the height of the pandemic...

A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...

Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...

The Home Office has confirmed that letting agents, landlords and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for letting and estate agents in England.  - Isolation...

The Home Office has issued yet another iteration of its guidance for agents on how to conduct Right To Rent checks. The...

There are fewer than 70 tickets left for December 7's rescheduled 25th ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition. Originally due to take place in...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...

A London lettings agent says it welcomes increasing moves towards allowing pets in rental properties - with some conditions.  Bective’s head of...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

The government has updated its formal guidance to letting agents and landlords on Right To Rent. This sets out the continuation of online...

Virtual Right To Rent checks by agents, which were to have been illegal from just next week, are now permissible until...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

There’s a new warning the rental fraud could be on the rise. Due diligence firm Homeppl says the combination of possible job...

There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...

Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...

The government has extended the ‘special arrangements’ for Right To Rent checks - these will now be in force until September...

A grace period for Right To Rent changes following Britain’s exit from the EU expires at the end of this month. And...

The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...

Coming out of Covid and realising that relaxed procedures will be tightened up once again, will present challenges to letting agents...

The Home Office has told agents and landlords that Right To Rent checks can continue to be conducted via video calls...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

Letting agents are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

The controversial subject of pets in private rental properties is likely to be the chief point of debate at a webinar...

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

The government says it’s reviewing the checking process that agents and landlords have to follow under Right To Rent. The revelation has...

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

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

ARLA Propertymark is warning government that the majority of letting agents and landlords won’t be able to conduct retrospective full-scale Right...

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

Changes to the codes of practice surrounding Right To Rent are introduced on November 2, and tomorrow there’s a useful webinar to...

The Right to Rent scheme’s revised code of practice coming into effect next month does nothing to stop agents and landlords...

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

The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective...

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

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

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

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has been informed that the controversial Right To Rent checks forced on to agents and...

The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents is urging member agents and the industry to ensure it is up to date with...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

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

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

A new white-labelled outsourced lettings management service is launching today, claiming to undercut all rivals. F%ur - a brand from 4percentproperty -...

Both sides of the Right To Rent debate are squaring up for their latest court battle. Earlier this year the High Court...

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been given a message from a consortium of groups this morning - Scrap Right To...

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

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

A lettings sector trade body says EU citizens may face problems getting private rented accommodation after Brexit. And the body - the...

With the government already on the ropes over Brexit, there’s a call today for one of its flagship immigration policies to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has asked the government for urgent clarification on how Right To Rent will work post-Brexit...

The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that...