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An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...

The Residential Landlords Association has given its backing to Zoopla’s ban on agents and landlords advertising properties to rent as ‘No...

There’s a claim today that around one million amateur and professional landlords in the new short lets sector are not adequately...

Zoopla says it’s introducing new measures to minimise the presence of what it calls “blanket restrictions” imposed on tenants who receive...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead...

The ban on tenants’ fees beginning on June 1 presents an opportunity to overhaul the private rental sector, says a property...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

A new study claims one in three Britons would be happy renting for the rest of their lives - but the...

One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon -...

An 18 month probe by different authorities has led to a £4,000 fine for an HMO owner in the Highlands. The local...

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...

Labour says it will introduce new ‘indefinite’ tenancies for private tenants, based on rules currently in place in Germany. It claims German...

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

A landlord has been convicted of three offences relating to his failure to comply with fire safety requirements in a privately...

Independent inventory reporting is the perfect complement to the government’s proposed housing reforms. That’s the view of the UK’s largest provider of...

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...

The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that...

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...

Lettings automation service teclet has revealed that the Tenant Shop is the latest partner integrated into its platform. Tenant Shop provides energy,...

A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health...

Data from Knight Frank shows that annual rental values actually grew in parts of prime outer London last month for the...

A programme of nine new educational workshops takes place next month, some of which target new agents with little or no experience of deposits...

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

The government says it wants “an immediate change” in the policy of some letting agents and landlords who advertise ‘No DSS’...

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

Rents over three prime London areas rose by 1.9 per cent in the final quarter of 2018 according to property data...

A council in the west country has launched a grading system for property agents which it says is designed to be...

New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...

More tenants are seeing rent increases, according to the latest market snapshot delivered by the Association of Residential Letting Agents. It says...

Just when you thought there could not be any more rival licensing or accreditation systems in the private rental sector, a...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

Another client money protection scheme has been given approval to launch itself before regulations go live on April 1.  From that date...

New research on private renting and mental health in Wales has concluded that more support is required.  The research was undertaken for...

Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...

More local authorities have announced that they want to increase the size of the areas covered by their existing selective licensing...

A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...

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

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

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

ARLA Propertymark is warning members to be diligent in how they promote the letting agents’ code of practice.  ARLA has issued a statement...

A lettings agency and its director have been fined a total of £30,000 for failing to licence HMOs and giving sham...

Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...

Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...

A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...

A letting agent in east London has been fined £4,000 after apparently publishing the incorrect fees that it levies on tenants...

Council enforcement officers have raided a house in Wembley, north London, and found 19 tenants paying a landlord £1,000 a week. Brent council’s...

The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...

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

A student accommodation search engine is introducing an automated feeds service for letting agents and landlords with large property portfolios. The service,...

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...

The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...

The tenants’ fees ban coming into effect from June 1 could help traditional lettings agents keep their place on High Streets,...

A rental platform says it welcomes government plans to overhaul redress for tenants and others in the housing system but it...

The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...

Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...

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

Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...

The government’s new redress system, announced last week and to be implemented later this year, must be free for renters to...

The latest report for the rental sector by the TDS Charitable Foundation calls for greater cooperation between property professionals and tenants...

The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...

Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...

TV property pundit Phil Spencer, who now runs property advice site MoveIQ, says letting agents may introduce new administration fees on...

There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...

The chief executive of the Citizens Advice consumer charity says she wants government “to do even more to strengthen the hand...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...

A leading PropTech exponent is supporting the government’s Housing Court initiative, suggesting it could make redress for agents, landlords and tenants...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...

A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos.  Across Britain as...

A lettings agency boss who says she is actually in favour of the agents’ fees ban nonetheless admits there will be...

An online agency specialising in the sale of investment properties with tenants in situ claims the average time for a tenanted...

A regional lettings agency claims it’s seen a 26 per cent surge in tenant and prospect views on properties listed as...

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

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

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

Lettings agency Haart says it will return up to £20m in deposits to existing tenants if they sign up to a...

Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...

The lettings industry has welcomed news that reforms to Universal Credit will include a new online system for private landlords to...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

The average UK rental values continued to grow towards the end of last year according to data with the average rent now...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...

It’s 2019, and we may all be wishing each other a Happy New Year, but for UK landlords, the outlook might...

The UK’s largest provider of inventory services says the creation of an MOT certificate system for properties in the rental sector...

A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...

LSL Property Services has acquired LetCo Homes, a lettings and property management specialist based at Whiteley in Hampshire.  LetCo, which operated chiefly...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

The Daily Mail has unveiled an extensive network of homes advertised on Airbnb but actually being sub-let by tenants who are...

Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close.  Firstly...

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...

The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...

In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...

A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill has achieved Royal Assent, meaning that it will soon become an act of Parliament. Put...

A rental campaigner claims the amount of money stolen this year by crooked lettings agents and landlords has topped the £1.3m...

Online lettings platform HomeRenter says its property listings are now more detailed and more compelling thanks to a new ‘property creation flow’...

It’s the lull before the storm for private tenants according to the Association of Residential Lettings Agents. In its market snapshot looking...

JLL has been appointed by Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage Aireside, a Build To Rent scheme of 107 apartments in Leeds. The...

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...

A local authority claims that a court decision may set a legal precedent for other councils across the UK using the...

New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...

With 2019 almost upon us, letting agents are finally unburying their heads from the ignorant bliss of the sand pit and...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...

A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...

Famous buy to let landlord Judith Wilson has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay almost £15,000 costs for failing to...

Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...

Newton Property, a lettings management company in Scotland, is spending £100,000 on installing electric car charging points in properties it manages.  It...

Three letting agents who failed to return tenants’ deposits or pass on rent payments to landlords have been convicted of fraud...

Five homeless people will have a roof over their heads this Christmas thanks to a kind-hearted PropTech chief. Mike Georgeson, founder of...

High end lettings agency Knight Frank says the proportion of properties listed for rent in prime London residential markets in October...

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

Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...

Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...

The death of the high street agency is a familiar headline, but PropTech can lower costs for bricks-and-mortar agencies and help...

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...

Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...

A London-focussed ‘rental brand’ called Residently has just secured £2.5m in funding.  Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

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

A lettings agency owner in Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and theft following a newspaper probe. Earlier this year...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...

One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

There’s been a large jump in the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions according to the Association of Residential Letting...

London agency giant Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward is the latest to offer its tenant clients a no-deposit service.  It's going to use...

The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...

The website TheHouseShop says it aims to recruit some 30 per cent of the country’s letting agents by the end of...

Two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the...

The acquisition of popular rental sector utility provider Spark Energy will “significantly benefit the rental sector” according to the troubled company’s...

OnTheMarket, which is beginning to undertake occasional property research, has released data identifying what proportion of tenants’ salaries are spent on...

The controversial landlord Fergus Wilson says he has purchased a Body Worn Camera for £75 in a bid to avoid at...

The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...

The private rental sector can help reduce smoking according to a report from Action on Smoking and Health, a pressure group. The...

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...

Private landlords have to wait an average of over five months to regain possession of a property when applying to the...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

Nottingham council - which recently introduced one of the largest and most controversial selective licensing schemes in the country - now...

A PropTech company has won approval from the Financial Conduct Authority to go ahead with a scheme which offers tenants a...

A buy to let investor has been forced to close down two rat infested homes he owns in Rotherham after they...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

One of Britain's highest profile landlords is to be sentenced on December 11 - and she must show the court details of...

A growing number of tenants say they want to stay put in their rented home even if the landlord sells up. A...

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...

A former lettings agent in Plymouth has finally admitted taking hundreds of thousands of pounds from tenants and landlords - the...

A rental management firm has launched a new home-sharing platform which it says is aimed at everyone wanting a place to...

A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” has won the backing...

Darlington lettings agency My Property Box has signed a new deal to let properties in the area on behalf of developer...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

The JLL lettings agency has launched a ‘virtual property manager’ for a small number of Build To Rent tenants, claiming it...

The private rental sector is not fit for purpose when it comes to housing vulnerable tenants, claims debt charity StepChange which...

The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...

Somerset agency Mark Templer Residential has acquired independent company Wrington Vale Lettings. Husband and wife team John and Vanessa Webb with business...

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...

A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...

An online toolkit for tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland with funding...

Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...

The LonRes data consultancy says the lettings market in prime areas of the capital is now characterised by increasing rents and...

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...

The industry’s first property management franchise scheme, SDL Property Partners, has been given a presentation on how members could be key...

An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...

A new partnership between AXA Partners and repairs reporting service Fixflo is being piloted in Manchester ahead of what may be...

The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...

The former owner of a lettings agency has admitted charges of fraud, false accounting and theft involving some hundreds of thousands...

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...

Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...

A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...

The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...

MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...

The Guardian says the government is committed to making a datebase of rogue letting agents and landlords available to tenants. The newspaper quotes...

The number of tenants seeing their rents rise continues to go up according to the latest market snapshot produced by the...

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...

An insurance firm has conducted research showing that not all landlords are heartless - in fact, quite the reverse.  The study by...

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

Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

November 5 is the next key date for the passage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill, the measure which is likely to...

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...

Fergus Wilson, frequently labelled Britain’s biggest individual landlord, says he is stopping letting out properties because of a shortage of East...

A property management company which kept up to 23 adults in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500 by a council in...

A managing agent who used ‘ghost tenants’ as a front so that she could cram 16 people into one overcrowded house...

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...

Around two thirds of private landlords with tenants receiving Universal Credit have experienced rent arrears according to new research. Based on responses...

The head of the online lettings agency recently scooped up by Emoov says traditional lettings agents have made a rod for...

A call has been made for the Tenants’ Fees Bill to be made even stricter following a claim that over a...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

Rettie & Co is the first agency north of the border to offer a no-deposit scheme to tenants - although it’s...

Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...

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

Rental platform Goodlord - which in January made around 40 staff redundant in a restructuring move - has now announced that...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

A new branch of franchise agency Century 21 has opened in Chelmsford with two unusual pitches - its own ‘ban’ on...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...

The Bedford Estate, which covers part of Covent Garden and includes Bloomsbury, has linked up with one of the growing number...

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...

A buy to let investor that let at least eight people from six different families rent space in his three-storey property...

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...

The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...

New research appears to suggest that some tenants would be willing to pay substantially higher rent if they were allowed to...

The percentage of tenants experiencing rent hikes in August was the highest for almost four years according to the Association of...

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday.  This will require all Assured Shorthold...

Three London lettings sub-markets performed relatively weakly according to data just released by Knight Frank. Wimbledon’s rental values fell 1.5 per cent...

The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...

Online lettings agency Upad has drastically overhauled its product range, introducing a ‘pick and mix’ option allowing landlords to choose services...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...

Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...

There has been a furious response from landlords and tenants to a police letter which says a local force is not...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...

The number of available properties to rent is falling at an alarming rate, particularly in Greater London, according to property platform...

A two bedroom furnished flat can cost up to 21 per cent more to rent than a comparable property that’s unfurnished. Research...

Two more lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman as a result of unpaid awards following disputes involving landlords...

An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...

Liquidators Grant Thornton says funds found in the accounts of a Guernsey lettings agent are likely to be sufficient to pay...

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman after receiving over 100 separate complaints, and failing to pay over £419,000...

20% more landlords* are struggling compared to last year. They’ve been caught in a perfect storm of higher interest rates, bigger...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

A lettings agent described as ‘rogue’ by a London council, along with two lettings companies, have been heavily fined for operating...

Rent-to-rent operator Residently says area with high volumes of tech company employees are leading the lettings market’s growth in London. The firm...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...

One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...

There’s a growing call for more police action over tracing a lettings agent who is apparently missing - as is some...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

Barbon Insurance Group, which trades as HomeLet and Rentshield Direct, has now snapped up Movem. Movem uses personal online banking transaction data...

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...

The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

More independent lettings agencies - Anthony Pepe, Let Leeds and Alexander & Co (formerly kaleidoscope Group) - have signed up to...

A letting agent operating in Cambridgeshire has seemingly 'gone to ground', owing landlords and tenants thousands of pounds. Frank Smart, who has...

It is now just three weeks until licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is extended. The new rules, which will require...

A landlord in Reading has been handed a huge fine for serious breaches of fire safety regulations.  Philip Brotherton's company Cresctcourt Properties...