The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and safeagent have announced two new e-learning modules for letting agents and landlords. The modules, which form...
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15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies. The new...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The safeagent accreditation business says it has helped secure the conviction of a rogue lettings agent who falsely claimed membership of...
05 March 2020
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Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

safeagent’s Rent Smart Wales training course has been given the scheme’s top ‘High Assurance’ rating following its latest audit. Rent Smart Wales,...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent has partnered with Landlord Accreditation Scotland to provide specialist training for agents north of the border. LAS is...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Trade organisations including the Association of Residential Letting Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme has rebranded as safeagent. NALS has helped coordinate the safeagent campaign since 2011, focussing during that time...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

As part of SAFEagent Awareness Week, which finishes today, letting agents have been provided with a free webinar covering compliance. The webinar...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Consumers' money remains at risk until April 1 2019 is the key message of this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week. Over the next...
21 May 2018
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The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...
21 November 2017
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Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

This week, thousands of letting agents will be taking part in SAFEagent Awareness Week 2017. Agents taking part in the event –...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News

SAFEagent, the kitemark scheme for agents offering Client Money Protection, has backed the National Approved Lettings Scheme's (NALS) call for a...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is the latest industry body to back the Government's review of mandatory Client Money...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents are being invited to take part in a national online survey launching today and seeking to get an industry-wide...
01 September 2016
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Another major organisation within the private rental sector has thrown its weight behind mandatory Client Money Protection for letting agents in the...
25 August 2016
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Several influential industry bodies have thrown their weight behind a review into whether Client Money Protection should be mandatory for letting...
24 August 2016
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Franchise agency Hunters is urging other letting agencies to become a SAFEagent to offer more secure services to landlords and tenants. “We’re...
04 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Next week letting agents across the country will be taking part in the fifth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week. The event aims to...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Compulsory client money protection kitemark organisation SAFEagent says the lettings industry should be making public just how much is paid out...
21 April 2016
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SAFEagent is calling on the government to use the passage of the Housing Bill through Parliament to make a Client Money...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Nominations for Labour’s deputy leadership race close at midday today with Stella Creasy, an MP who has campaigned fiecely against letting...
17 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the CMA's...
05 June 2015
From: Video Articles

As this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week draws to a close today and thousands of agents have been raising the profile of...