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

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...

Research by deposit protection provider mydeposits has revealed that the average deposit paid has fallen year on year since the start...

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

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

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

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

A survey by The Tenancy Deposit Service suggests that half of landlords have experienced damage to their rental properties by pets.  And...

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...

Hunters has reported a small increase in pre-tax profit in it full-year results despite the impact of the ban on tenant...

The typical UK private rental deposit, often considered high in this country, is thought to be relatively low by international standards...

A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...

The Times claims there have been well over 200 complaints lodged with redress schemes, alleging that lettings agents tried to charge...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have created a matrix for letting agents and landlords about...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...

An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...

A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

Fixflo is launching its sixth annual Lettings Report for lettings professionals  The survey gauges the opinions of lettings professionals around the UK...

With less than four weeks to go to the start date of the Welsh Tenant Fees ban, the Association of Residential...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

Monday marks the one month anniversary of the Tenant Fees ban coming into force, but a senior London agent warns the...

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...

The head of an automated payment system for the rental sector says lettings agents can help offset losses caused by the...

ARLA Propertymark is urging agents across England and Wales to ensure they have every preparation in place for the arrival of...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...

It’s now under four weeks to the introducing of the Tenant Fees Ban across England and the Association of Residential Letting...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let lender says increasing the rent to combat additional costs put on landlords...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says there is a record number of homes available to renters - but this does...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

New ‘best practice’ guidance to letting agents and landlords has been introduced ahead of the introduction of the tenants’ fees ban...

Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent...

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...

The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...

Tenants are in for a rocky ride this year - and it’s chiefly the fault of government, says the chief executive...

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

A high-profile landlord says the upcoming ban on letting agent fees 'can't come soon enough'. Writing a column in the Evening Standard's...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...

In the past 20 years the UK private rental sector has exploded! The sector has grown from under 10% of housing...