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Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets.   The new logbooks...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

A new borough-wide landlord licensing scheme is set to launch in the London borough of Brent on April 1, the council...

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

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

A total of 13 franchisees from brands within the Belvoir Group have graduated from what the firm calls “a unique new...

PropTech specialist Vouch has launched a Rent Protection feature, designed to help landlords access cover to mitigate the risk of unpaid rent. The feature...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...

The Federation of Independent Agents has selected an automated client account platform as a supplier.  The FIA was established in by Graham...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...

Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

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

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...

An agency has been fined by a London council for failing to licence a property it was managing. Gracechurch Property Services has...

The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...

A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...

Two massive new rental licensing schemes are set to be approved in Brighton - and part of the reason is “uninterested...

There’s to be a consultation this autumn about a proposed selective licensing regime in Scarborough. The proposal covers parts of the Castle,...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...

A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...

Rightmove is to provide agents with local market data and easier access to training at a series of Propertymark regional events. Rightmove...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

It appears that a “wider range of behaviours” are likely to be taken into account in future when tenants are considered...

The Renters Reform Bill is being discussed by MPs this afternoon - although not as part of its long-running passage through...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

Details have emerged of a flagship agent training event to be held later this year. Agent Rainmaker Live is to be a...

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

The Cambridge Building Society has selected two tenants by ballot to receive up to 70 per cent of their rent back...

  A council has told letting agents to ‘get a move on’ as it admits there’s been a slow start to its...

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

A new survey reveals that the safety of client funds is one of the key reasons why letting agents look to...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

A left-leaning think tank which says it champions ‘left-behind Londoners’ is demanding a turbo-charged version of selective licensing to be run...

Foxtons is to give its agents access to a compliance management and checking service. Fran Giltinan, Managing Director - Property Management &...

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its unique Rent to Home scheme. Last month it announced that it had invested...

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

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

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has slammed the current lack of consistency of council tax on HMOs. It describes today’s system...

Retirement housing specialist Pegasus wants to become a big player in Build To Rent and has employed the  Savills agency to...

Landlords and agents acting on their behalf are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

An estate agency has been prosecuted and ordered to pay £35,000 for falling foul of property licensing rules. Green House Estate Agents...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

Propertymark has hit out at a proposal from a group of MPs that there should be a single Ombudsman covering the...

The activist group Generation Rent is backing a call by MPs for the government to tighten up proposals to scrap Section...

The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...

Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...

Automated client account platform Lettspay is to become a supplier to the Federation of Independent Agents.  Lettspay, which is registered with the...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove outlining its concerns about the latest licensing scheme proposal from a local council. The...

One of the leading deposit alternative services has called for a code of conduct to step, amongst other things, alleged pressure...

A London borough is tomorrow holding an online training session for agents and landlords on how to submit a licence application...

London property data business LonRes has launched an app. By downloading the app users can search for properties – for sale or...

Over the next three months Redbridge council in London is consulting on proposals to renew selective licensing in the borough. It says...

A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property.  KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...

Mortgage experts appearing before a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...

A new director of lettings has been announced for an independent residential consultancy that helps high net worth individuals buy, sell...

A scheme which some regard as the most controversial landlord licensing regime in the country is coming under scrutiny. Labour councillors on...

OnTheMarket claims it’s scoring a first amongst property portals in the creation of an ‘Accessible features’ search filter for users to...

Zero Deposit is piloting a new product that provides six weeks’ cover on every tenancy, even when the renter selects a...

A consultation period has started on another council’s set of proposals to clampdown on HMOs. Blackburn with Darwen council wants to impose...

The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...

An extension to a private rental property licensing scheme in London has been given the green light by the government. Haringey council’s...

Agents have only until Friday to respond to the committee of MPs currently calling for evidence concerning the reform of the...

High profile lettings industry figures Paul Shamplina and Sally Lawson are amongst the keynote speakers at a new event for agents...

A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...

MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local...

Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...

Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...

Knight Frank is offering its 2,200 UK staff a company-branded debit card which allows them to buy cheap foreign currency. Currensea’s card,...

A council claims that a pilot licensing scheme has discovered a very high proportion of rental homes requiring improvement. Plans to extend...

Part of the Connells empire, John D Wood & Co., is moving to a larger office in a lettings hotspot in...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

Agents are being invited to take part in a pilot project which claims it will cut down on ‘back office’ chores...