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An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

A campaign group of activists says there have been only “few reports of dodgy behaviour” by agents and landlords in the...

Lettings platform Goodlord has opened its doors north of the border.  Agents based in Scotland can now sign up to Goodlord, which...

The Welsh Government has revealed that it hasn’t had time to evaluate its tenant fee ban due to the pandemic. Tenant fees...

ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...

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PropTech, and specifically Artificial Intelligence, could help letting agents better cope with new demands created by further industry regulation. That’s the view...

The consumer charity Citizens Advice has hailed the Tenant Fees Act and the ban on letting agents’ charges to renters as...

PropTech supplier Goodlord says it’s updated its core product to ensure compliance with new regulations - and it says it’s offering...

A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...

It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...

There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...

The Nationwide has called for greater consistency in the treatment and return of security deposits so that tenants leaving properties in...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

A national charity is calling on the government to tighten the 'default fees' clause which is part of the Tenant Fees...

A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...

The new sole chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says he wants the service to be at the heart...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

Proposals to cap security deposits for private rented housing to six weeks rent risk creating a charter for rent cheats warns...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has repeated his criticism of the government’s decision to cap security deposits at the level of...

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

The draft Bill to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants has been published - it’s to be called the Tenants’...

Build To Rent developer Be says it is moving to a no-fees model for its development at Hayes in west London....

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...

A leading trade body says a cap on damage deposits paid by tenants - as proposed by the government - could...