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13 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Hamilton Fraser, well known as a provider of insurance products and services to letting agents and landlords, has been acquired by...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A letting agency has been issued with penalty notices worth £3,000 for operating illegally. Back in 2014 it became a legal requirement...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme has expelled an agent operating a guaranteed rent scheme which failed to pay £150,000 to a former landlord client. The agent...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Complaints referred to the Property Redress Scheme against its members grew by more than a quarter during 2020. In its annual report...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News

After years of deliberation there still appears to many to be little progress on the recommendations of the Regulation of Property...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-authorised redress services, claims its new mediation option is a success. In March this...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark and other organisations from across the housing sector have joined forces to support tenants and landlords facing rent arrears...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies -...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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

The Property Ombudsman has announced a slew of expulsions after six agents failed to comply with redress rules. They failed to abide...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Hamilton Fraser’s Academy programme has announced its next workshop, on May 14, to target how lettings agents can future-proof their business...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the existing two government-authorised redress schemes governing estate and letting agents has called on landlords to voluntarily join, ahead...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The parent company of The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) says its group companies will be taking a more 'joined up' approach...
03 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The scramble for members amongst rival redress systems continues apace. Earlier this week The Property Ombudsman announced it was to waive joining...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the government’s three approved official redress providers says companies operating in the Rent-to-Rent sector should be obliged to join...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is not surprised the majority of complaints made to The Property Redress Scheme...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme, one of three approved redress operations, says it saw a 33 per cent increase in membership in...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A former tenant is the subject of a major investigation by a London newspaper after she claimed to have spent eight...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

HF Resolution Ltd, a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, has acquired one of the industry’s leading tenant eviction solicitor firms, Landlord Action. Landlord...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The operator of a troubled letting agency in Huddersfield has had until this week to pay a £5,000 fixed penalty notice...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Hamilton Fraser - parent company to several key brands operating in the private rental sector - has launched a series of...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK Association of Letting Agents will not be using Ombudsman Service: Property to provide its dispute resolution service from the...
14 October 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
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has announced that it is now offering a comprehensive range of high quality online...
04 August 2016
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has announced that it has joined the Property Redress Scheme (PRS). With over 700 members,...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has announced the details of a workshop for Welsh letting agents, taking place in July. The event...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...
23 December 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...
12 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme has expelled a letting agency following non-compliance with a redress decision. The complaint regarded a holding deposit. The...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Unitary local authorities where trading standards and environmental health teams work to the same objectives are more successful at clamping down...
30 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A letting agent is angry that there has not been a single prosecution in his region as a result of agencies...
27 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Eleven letting agencies in just one city have been fined a total of £37,000 for not being members of any of...
21 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the three approved ombudsman-style redress schemes for estate and letting agents, is expanding into small...