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TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it now has a record membership of 1,200. UKALA describes itself as “a professional association...

The vast majority of auctions - widely regarded as a favourite for buy to let investors acquiring properties - are now...

An industry trade group claims inventories conducted by lettings agents may be seen as biased towards landlords rather than truly independent. Daniel...

Propertymark has given advice to the new Scottish National Party leader and Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf. The trade group’s head of...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

Automated client account platform Lettspay is to become a supplier to the Federation of Independent Agents.  Lettspay, which is registered with the...

Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...

The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...

A new trade body is being set up which describes itself as a national network of property managers, specialising in the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has entered into a partnership with one of the many deposit replacement services now available. It’s teamed...

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and The Institute of Residential Property Management have informed their respective memberships that they are pondering combining forces. The...

A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...

A rival trade body to the Association of Residential Letting Agents has announced what it calls “a robust membership result.” The UK...

The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has issued guidance to members about how to reassure its lettings agent and landlord clients...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

A prominent industry trade group says the new government must honour its manifesto commitment to strengthen the right of “good landlords”...

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...

The typical delay in tenants receiving their returned deposits is “crippling” for many. That’s the view of the Association of Independent Inventory...

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...

The two largest landlord trade groups are to merge. The National Landlords Association and the Residential Landlords Association will unite to form...

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

Trade organisations including the Association of Residential Letting Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

Online lettings agency RentMyHome is partnering with a trade group for home stagers in order to offer clients discounted services. MyHomeGroup owns...

The official government consultation period on the scrapping of Section 21 eviction begins shortly, but now a leading lettings sector trade...

The government’s wish to use a modified Section 8 as an alternative to Section 21 for landlords seeking possession of their...

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...

A post on a landlord website suggests that a new trade body is being set up to challenge the dominance of...

An agency in the Experts In Property trade group has snapped up the lettings side of a rival independent company. Collyers Properties,...

A trade group says diminishing rates of home ownership amongst younger people shows the need to have a thriving private rental...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has released details of the evidence it put to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee which...

The Residential Landlords Association says it welcomes the government’s decision to reduce the likely maximum payment by landlords for energy improvements...

An industry trade group says residents in high rise blocks of flats are being let down by a system in which...

Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government.   The announcement, made by Labour...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...

Proposals in Scotland for a minimum energy efficiency standard for privately let homes could damage the sector, especially in rural communities.   That’s...

The Residential Landlords Association is urging checks on white goods in privately rented homes following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.    The association is...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is demanding that the new government improves the “slow, complex, and underfunded” system which means that it...

Some 1,500 landlords have responded to a trade group’s campaign calling for them to press General Election candidates to oppose changes...

Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following...

The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...

A trade body has backed government plans to introduce so-called ‘banning orders’ for rogue letting agents and landlords, but it says...

A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...

The Residential Landlords Association says new tax powers devolving to the Welsh Assembly should involve exemptions when it comes to the...

The Residential Landlords Association has roasted the enforcement policies and provisions for the controversial Rent Smart Wales initiative which begins in...

New Chancellor Phillip Hammond has been urged by an industry trade group to reset the government’s approach to taxing the buy...

Treasury proposals to hand greater powers to the Bank of England to make access to buy to let lending harder risks...