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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...

It always pays to rely on the services of a reputable referencing company. The lure of free credit checks or basic referencing...

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...

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...

The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

A leading trade body says EU citizens living in the UK run the risk of losing their rental homes without swift...

The government’s controversial Right To Rent policy is to be challenged in the High Court just before Christmas. It was announced in...

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is now crowdfunding to pay for the Judicial Review of the government’s controversial...

The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...

The High Court has this afternoon agreed to allow a judicial review of the government’s Right to Rent policy. Right to Rent...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...

The controversial Right To Rent regime whereby agents and landlords are expected to check the immigration status of would-be tenants is...

Figures from the Home Office show that as of the end of March, a total of 405 fines for non-compliance with...

The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid is being urged to look again at the Right To Rent policy and produce “a...

New guidance over Right To Rent, issued by the government in what appears to be a panic response to the Windrush...

A leading property disputes solicitor has joined a growing chorus of criticism of how Right To Rent will cope with issues...

The controversial Right To Rent policy has been attacked as having failed “to demonstrate its worth” in encouraging immigration compliance. Under Right...

Online agency easyProperty has announced the launch of two new lettings options.  One, called easyLet, is broadly a listings service: for £99...

Three one-day courses are being held this year - the first next week - aimed at updating letting agents on changes...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its opposition to Right To Rent, and is backing two legal challenges to the measure. Letting...

It’s been revealed this morning that there are two legal challenges being mounted against the Right To Rent policy, which obliges...

Romans has thrown its weight behind the banning orders being introduced in April which could see rogue letting agents and landlords...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...

  At Rent4sure we understand the challenges and increasing responsibilities that face every letting agent right now. With government plans for an outright...

The BBC says Right To Rent legislation is fuelling a burgeoning market in fake IDs - in some cases creating access...

A series of free legal events for letting agents and landlords is to launch this month with an advisory session on...

A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector.    The volunteers...

Almost a fifth of landlords say they are now less likely to let to EU nationals or people from the European...

ARLA Propertymark has revealed what it believes is a 'big step forward' for letting agents processing large numbers of overseas student...

A 3-in-1 referencing solution to help agents secure safer tenancies. Rent4sure’s 3-in-1 referencing solution has been specifically designed to help agents secure...

The head of an online letting agency specialising in student accommodation says the controversial Right To Rent legislation may have to...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

The controversial Right To Rent, which obliges letting agents and landlords to check the right of prospective tenants to live in...

Almost a fifth of British citizens could find it harder to access rental property, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

The crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme across the UK has exceeded...

A crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme is nearing its funding target. With...

Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has told its agent members that they should urgently lobby their Members of Parliament to...

The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has written to an immigration minister to express its concern over possible ‘further sanctions’ for landlords who...

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The vast majority of those conducting Right To Rent checks are unable to identify a fake passport if it is presented...

ARLA Propertymark representatives have met with Home Office officials in Cardiff and Edinburgh ahead of the government’s roll-out of Right To...

Right To Rent is encouraging discrimination against international students according to a student lts online service.    Government figures marking the first anniversary...

The need for letting agencies to assist landlords with the increasingly-complicated private rental sector has been hammered home by the results...

The latest addition to Rent4sure’s referencing services makes setting up a secure tenancy even easier. Rent4sure’s new dynamically generated AST documents save time...

A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...

Rightmove and Zoopla have entered into partnerships with a property management app - Rentr - which is aimed at lettings sector...

An immigration minister has revealed that 91 landlords have been issued with civil penalties since the Right to Rent scheme was...

A damning critique of the one-year-old Right To Rent legislation in England suggests that the government is largely unaware of its...

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New parts of the Immigration Act 2016 come into effect today, consolidating the Right To Rent regulations that came into effect...

A letting agency says the scale of confusion over letting agents’ fees is such that some tenants actually believe the deposit...

Right To Rent legislation means British nationals without a passport face difficulties according to the Residential Landlords’ Association.    According to its latest...

The Residential Landlords Association has set up a new document for its members to use if they wish to transfer Right...

Ensuring that your business and your landlords’ interests are fully protected is now more important than ever and Rent4sure, as a...

Discussions between a landlord group and the government has resulted with additional clarity being given for Right to Rent checks on...

So, Britain voted out of the European Union. What are the implications for UK landlords, from the immigration laws point of...

The exemption of residential property from the new Capital Gains Tax cuts tops the list of concerns expressed by professional landlords...

MPs have approved measures that relax the previous threat of ‘immediate criminality’ for agents or landlords waiting to evict illegal immigrants. Changes...

The government is planning to update its Right To Rent guidance following the roll out of the scheme across the country,...

Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...

A new survey by insurer Direct Line for Business suggests that landlords who have not instructed letting agents to act for...

As one of the UK’s leading specialist suppliers to the lettings industry, Rent4sure understands the importance of supporting our customers with...

An initiative between the Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation will help charities and other organisations offer...

Landlords or agents acting for them will no longer be immediately criminalised for failing to pick up illegal tenants according to...

Police in Scotland are clamping down on what they call “gangster landlords” who are using the lettings sector for money laundering.  A...

A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of being “a bit rich” in its willingness to jail letting agents or...

The ability of the government to enforce controversial elements of the Right To Rent policy has been thrown into doubt by...

An industry body is suggesting that the outcome of a court case may significantly reduce the government’s ability to enforce its Right...

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...

As part of the governments push on illegal immigration, from the 1st of February landlords and agents are required to check...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has obtained clarification from the government in relation to existing tenancies where an additional occupier...

A reminder to agents - the government has issued an updated version of the How To Rent booklet which has to...

Another letting agent has spoken out at the threat of the new Right to Rent legislation leading to possible discrimination against...

A senior relocation and human resources expert says Right To Rent will not change the behaviour of any letting agent or...

The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...

If there was evidence needed as to why landlords may need the expertise of letting agents, a new survey about Right...

An immigration lawyer has criticised the government’s Right to Rent scheme - officially starting today - for having little impact but...

The BBC’s One Show has shown an immigration raid on a property, of the kind that may become more common once...

A survey of 5,000 landlords suggests that 50 per cent of them are not prepared for the introduction of Right To...

The Right to Rent legislation rolls out in February 2016, so all landlords and letting agents in England must check the...

Liberal Democrat MPs in the Commons and the Lords have tabled motions aimed at stopping the Right To Rent policy, which...

The Home Office has issued a statement overnight saying letting agents and landlords can begin the controversial Right To Rent checks...

Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...

Letting agents or landlords who will be legally obliged to conduct Right to Rent checks on tenants from February 1 actually...

The government’s reduction of mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let properties in a major factor for 50 per cent...

A tenant referencing service, FCC Paragon, says 17.6 per cent of all requests it has received in the past 12 months...

The Property Ombudsman has warned letting agents not to forget their responsibilities under the Right To Rent immigration checks that become...

The published results of the Right to Rent pilot scheme are disappointing and mostly unhelpful insists the Association of Independent Inventory...

There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...

Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...

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The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...

Government proposals forcing agents and landlords to check the immigration status of tenants risk a serious breach of human rights according...

Labour will today ask Home Secretary Theresa May to publish the result of the Right To Rent pilot project amidst claims...

Another major industry body has added its voice to growing concerns over the potential impact of Right To Rent immigration checks...

The publication of the Immigration Bill giving details of the government's expectations of letting agents and landlords to conduct checks on...

One of the UK letting industry’s leading agents says politicians should defer the new Right To Rent immigration checks until the start...

Right To Rent immigration checks is leading to a situation where lawful tenants are being refused housing according to the Residential...

The Right To Rent pilot project has forced letting agents and landlords into ‘increased racial profiling’ according to the Joint Council...

A letting agency has announced its support for new rules which will allow landlords to evict illegal immigrants without a court...

The growth of the PRS has provided a long list of benefits for the lettings industry. However, it is not without...

In the nine months since new Right To Rent immigration checks have been implemented across the West Midlands only seven landlords...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on what Right...

The National Landlords’ Association has met with the Home Office and the Department of Communities and Local Government - and has...

Fergus Wilson, the controversial buy to let guru who reportedly owns around 1,000 rental properties, is to stand for Police and...

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...

Controversial buy to let property mogul Fergus Wilson has given his backing to the government over its controversial extension of Right...

Agents and landlords who fail to identify and evict tenants who are illegal immigrants face up to five years in jail...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is to take part in an urgent meeting called by the Home Office on the...

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...

A lawyer has raised the spectre of letting agents and landlords possibly facing accusation of discrimination when the government’s Right To...

The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...

The controversial Right To Rent immigration checks on tenants conducted by letting agents and landlords in the West Midlands since early...

Property consultancy Daniel Watney LLP is the latest industry operator to label the government’s Right To Rent immigration checks as unworkable,...

The immigration charity the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants says it is working with a range of other bodies...

The National Landlords Association says next month is the next key date for the roll-out of the government’s controversial immigration checks...

The head of lettings at Carter Jonas has warned the government not to rush ahead with a national rollout of immigration...