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![Phil Spencer urges letting agents to go on the offensive](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Media accuse agents of mis-selling deposit alternative schemes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated1_400x310.png)
The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenant deposits fall in response to mandatory fees ban](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
Research by deposit protection provider mydeposits has revealed that the average deposit paid has fallen year on year since the start...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pandemic delays review of tenant fees ban in Wales](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
The Welsh Government has revealed that it hasn’t had time to evaluate its tenant fee ban due to the pandemic. Tenant fees...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Does the Tenant Fees Ban stop agents charging for viewings?](/img/default/lat.png)
A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...
16 December 2020
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![Agents now managing more rental units than ever before, says ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Increase in pet popularity means more damage to rental units - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A survey by The Tenancy Deposit Service suggests that half of landlords have experienced damage to their rental properties by pets. And...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants enforcement against agents still charging illegal fees](/img/default/lat.png)
Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenant fees ban fails to dent franchise empire’s profits](/img/default/lat.png)
Hunters has reported a small increase in pre-tax profit in it full-year results despite the impact of the ban on tenant...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Are UK rental deposits too high? Not by international standards…](/img/default/lat.png)
The typical UK private rental deposit, often considered high in this country, is thought to be relatively low by international standards...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Under Investigation! Agents probed for alleged Fees Ban breaches](/img/default/lat.png)
A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Over 200 complaints of agents allegedly charging illegal fees](/img/default/lat.png)
The Times claims there have been well over 200 complaints lodged with redress schemes, alleging that lettings agents tried to charge...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban confusion prompts industry groups to create ‘the matrix’](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have created a matrix for letting agents and landlords about...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector “in a state of despair” warns lettings agents' chief](/img/default/lat.png)
[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Franchise group hikes charges to landlords by 10% because of fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban, Licensing and HMOs: many agents fear they’re breaking the law](/img/default/lat.png)
Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Beginning of the end for Let Only Tenancies, says leading expert](/img/default/lat.png)
We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![We’ll make Fees Ban work for us, says ambitious agency acquiring rivals](/img/default/lat.png)
An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency to survive the Fees Ban ‘as we charge less than our rivals’](/img/default/lat.png)
Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned that let-only tenant-find portfolios are less profitable](/img/default/lat.png)
A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...
05 September 2019
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![Prizes offered to agents as Fixflo launches new Lettings Report](/img/default/lat.png)
Fixflo is launching its sixth annual Lettings Report for lettings professionals The survey gauges the opinions of lettings professionals around the UK...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![ARLA fees ban roadshows begin tomorrow in Wales](/img/default/lat.png)
With less than four weeks to go to the start date of the Welsh Tenant Fees ban, the Association of Residential...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shelter complains to Boris Johnson about a lettings agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban: the real impact hasn't hit yet, warns senior agent](/img/default/lat.png)
Monday marks the one month anniversary of the Tenant Fees ban coming into force, but a senior London agent warns the...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents can retain landlords 'by using PropTech to minimise voids'](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech boss renews call for agents to offset Fees Ban through more IT](/img/default/lat.png)
The head of an automated payment system for the rental sector says lettings agents can help offset losses caused by the...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban: agents must prepare immediately, trade body urges](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark is urging agents across England and Wales to ensure they have every preparation in place for the arrival of...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents advised to reduce admin workload ahead of fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shop ‘til you pop-up? National agency launches shopping centre branch](/img/default/lat.png)
National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban: it’s the final countdown says ARLA as agents’ roadshow continues](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s now under four weeks to the introducing of the Tenant Fees Ban across England and the Association of Residential Letting...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Higher rent to combat fees ban should be last resort says mortgage boss](/img/default/lat.png)
The chief executive of a specialist buy to let lender says increasing the rent to combat additional costs put on landlords...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Consolidation of agencies is bad news for renters, says ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents says there is a record number of homes available to renters - but this does...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 evictions set to be axed to create ‘indefinite tenancies’](/img/default/lat.png)
The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rents now at their lowest level for three years says DPS](/img/default/lat.png)
Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents must hammer home buy to let benefits, says PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban: ARLA and others say inventories will still be useful](/img/default/lat.png)
New ‘best practice’ guidance to letting agents and landlords has been introduced ahead of the introduction of the tenants’ fees ban...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![New joiners take deposit alternative scheme's tally to 1,300 offices](/img/default/lat.png)
Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![March date for next Fees Ban debate by Welsh parliament](/img/default/lat.png)
March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban leads agency to buy fellow-independent firm in city](/img/default/lat.png)
The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Warning to tenants: You face a rocky 2019, says lettings chief](/img/default/lat.png)
Tenants are in for a rocky ride this year - and it’s chiefly the fault of government, says the chief executive...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Beware: Tenant Fees ban may impact Section 21 notices](/img/default/lat.png)
A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban could cost agencies £60,000 in two years, claims campaigning agent](/img/default/lat.png)
English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![We’ll help agents through June 1 lettings fees ban, insists ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Off to ARLA conference? Early-bird tickets now available](/img/default/lat.png)
Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agent says tenants baffled by ill-thought-out policy changes](/img/default/lat.png)
The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Bring on ban of ‘beyond cheeky’ tenant fees, says high-profile landlord](/img/default/lat.png)
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...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Acquisitions take agency past 5,500 managed properties milestone](/img/default/lat.png)
Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...