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Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

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

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue? By...

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...

Lettings payment automation provider PayProp has won a Gold Trusted Service Award from online reviews platform Feefo. The PropTech firm was deemed...

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...

ARLA Propertymark has named Angela Davey as president elect, following Richard Selwyn stepping down last year due to personal circumstances. Davey has...

Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...

A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...

The Labour party has mocked the government’s £4m new funding for councils to combat rogue agents and landlords as “puny.” A statement...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...

The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...

Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark’s Qualifications division has held its annual awards ceremony in the House of Lords, recognising achievement and celebrating...

A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...

The government has this week published a learning toolkit for local authorities to help them with enforcement against rogue landlords and...

Letting agents are to be offered free training in managing tenancy deposits and disputes if they operate in Edinburgh. In the last...

safeagent’s Rent Smart Wales training course has been given the scheme’s top ‘High Assurance’ rating following its latest audit. Rent Smart Wales,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...

An independent previously known as Adams Estate Agents has rebranded as Hunters as the franchise giant’s expansion programme continues. The office is...

Belvoir says consolidation between lettings and sales agencies across the industry is likely to increase as a result of greater regulation...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent has partnered with Landlord Accreditation Scotland to provide specialist training for agents north of the border.  LAS is...

Belvoir Group has this morning announced its interim results for the first six months of this year - and they show...

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...

Hunters has expanded its franchise network once again with the opening of a new branch in Reading. Chas Shukla, director of Hunters...

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

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

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

Junior housing minister Heather Wheeler MP has written to Hull City Council to express her concerns about the authority's controversial accreditation...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...

Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is threatening Oxford Council with a judicial review of its landlord and letting agent accreditation scheme. The...

The Scottish Government is investigating 114 businesses suspected of carrying out letting agency work without registration and has issued 86 compliance...

With the tenants’ fees ban just five weeks away focus is shifting to how agents can make up for lost income...

SDL Property Partners, which describes itself as the industry’s first property management franchising scheme, is pushing for new members. Its training has...

Staff are usually a business’s biggest fixed cost, but did you know that the true cost of an employee is almost...

At PayProp we recognise that it’s the hard-working agents and other staff that make the industry a success, so training should...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has launched a series of events to educate letting agents and landlords on deposit protection. Starting next month...

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

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

Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing...

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

A new free online training course which guides letting agents through the key principles of disputes has been released by The...

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

We are used to stories of councils condemning letting agents and landlords - but now a London council is praising the...

More than 50 councils across the country will share nearly £2.4m of extra government funding to crack down on rogue landlords. Among...

Hunters has announced its first business expansion of 2019 with the acquisition of what it calls “a significant lettings book.” The acquisition...

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

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Letting Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

Tenant deposit protection scheme TDS will be in London in February to host a ‘hands-on’ half-day workshop for agents and landlords. Part...

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

The area of staffing can be a very uncomfortable one, but as the future of the lettings industry crystalises, it’s clear...

Lettings agents, landlords and consumers are being warned about a growing number of ‘for-profit’ companies claiming to be independent inventory trade...

The National Approved Letting Scheme is celebrating the 500th candidate to complete its Foundation Lettings Course. Moira Devlin of Lowther Homes, in...

Free seminars are to be held next month to help letting agents restructure their business to optimise opportunities in the current...

Members of the Guild of Property Professionals will be given access to a series of training videos put together by former...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has this week launched a new Training Academy which aims to help landlords, agents and property...

There are now only eight weeks left for agents to apply to join a new statutory register which comes into effect...

The three-branch London agency Kay & Co has been named the Smaller Managing Agent of the Year at the ARMA ACE...

The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one...

A petition has appeared on the government’s e-petition website calling for a review of a city council’s newly-introduced selective licensing system. Nottingham...

A local authority has started a one-year trial of a ‘social lettings agency’ which aims to match those at risk of...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has unveiled a new specialist training course for letting agents. The NALS Level 3 Award in Letting...

Countrywide is introducing the ARLA Level 2 qualification throughout its branch network.  All customer-facing lettings staff who joined the business on or...

Outsourcing has long been an effective strategy in business. It enables you to provide a new, improved or more streamlined service...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

As part of SAFEagent Awareness Week, which finishes today, letting agents have been provided with a free webinar covering compliance. The webinar...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says he welcomes reforms currently moving through Parliament to professionalise the lettings sector - but he wants...

A new property management franchise operation, established late last year, is beefing up its training to cover GDPR, sales and marketing. SDL...

The new sole chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says he wants the service to be at the heart...

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has announced new dates for its academy courses, delivering training on tenancy deposit disputes and adjudication to...

Landlords in Wales who manage their own properties are being reminded that they must submit their licence application to Rent Smart...

The man behind a leading lettings industry PropTech company says the new Code of Conduct to clean up the rental sector...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has described the introduction of a code of conduct and official register for letting agents...

The code sets out the standards to be met by anyone engaged in lettings including specific requirements around how clients’ money...

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...

Training for Agents Giving’s Strictly Come Dancing event is now entering its final two weeks - and Letting Agent Today readers have...

After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...

Rent Smart Wales, the licensing and training regime which is now a year old, has taken an agent and a landlord...

Agency groups have spoken in favour of the government’s call for letting agents to be trained as a mandatory part of...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

The government has announced that all letting agents will be required to “satisfy minimum training requirements” in order to trade. The provision...

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

One of the most dramatic changes in the UK’s private rental sector regulations is set to take place in five weeks...

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association.   RLA Wales policy officer...

The Conservatives have used their annual conference in Manchester to unveil a raft of new controls and regulations applying to the...

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...

The UK Association of Letting Agents is putting out an appeal to the agency industry to ensure it is not accidentally...

Training organisation Solvo Vir is inviting letting agents and landlords to attend courses to bring them up to date with new...

A buy to let investor who ignored the controversial Rent Smart Wales scheme faces a bill of more than £3,500 for...

Draker, which describes itself as the largest lettings-only agency in Kensington and Chelsea, has now expanded by opening a new office...

The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

Who are you? Rebecca Johnston What does it say on your business card? Managing Director (TDS Custodial) What is TDS Custodial? TDS Custodial is a government-approved...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has launched a new course which it describes as “ground-breaking” and which allows candidates to become...

The first letting agents to have completed a new training course aimed at improving services for tenants and landlords have graduated.    Some...

Tenant referencing company Rent4sure has set up a new team to support agents in the light of the expected ban on...

Agents and landlords with properties in Wales have been reminded they could be breaking the law if they're not signed up to...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

A landlord who admitted threatening violence against a tenant who left the property he was renting has been given a substantial...

Humberts has announced the setting up of a new lettings department to be headed by a former Countrywide branch manager.   Suzanne Diamond has...

Scotland’s largest professional organisation for letting agents is urging all those in the rental sector to ensure they are fully compliant with...

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

A group of landlords that mounted a successful legal challenge to a council’s proposed licensing scheme is continuing to recruit letting...

Industry trade body the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has announced the first batch of dates for its 2017 training...

A letting agency specialising in student accommodation in Nottingham city centre and its director have admitted a series of breaches of...

Cheshire West and Chester Council has launched a scheme for private landlords offering some of the services more typically associated with...

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...

A group of landlords and buy to let investors that has already successfully persuaded a council to scrap plans for a...

Following a period of substantial growth, Property Service Holdings (PSH) - which operates Leaders and Romans - has a huge variety of...

Many agencies have spoken out in dismay at the announcement by government that letting agency fees on tenants would be banned...

Rent Smart Wales, a controversial scheme that require letting agents to be trained, comes into effect today after a troubled lead...

Only just over two weeks remain for letting agents and landlords operating in Wales to register with the Rent Smart Wales...

Who are you? Peter Grant, currently serving year 27 of my sentence in the property industry and still loving every moment of working...

Letting agents and landlords across Scotland have been invited to check they are up to speed with current regulations at a...

With just nine weeks to go before the deadline, only a small proportion of Welsh agents and landlords have registered for...

A raft of regulatory and legal changes for letting agents in Scotland in 2018 is being flagged up by the Association...

Ensuring potential tenants have passed reference checks is the key priority for landlords when selecting an agent to let their property,...

Two training seminars geared towards letting agents operating in London are being organised for the autumn.    Organised by the National Approved Letting...

Letting agents and landlords are being invited to join new online training courses run by the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks. The three...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has announced that it is now offering a comprehensive range of high quality online...

Savills is the only organisation with an agency wing represented on the first board of the UK Apartment Association, a new...

Letting agents and landlords operating in Northern Ireland are now being invited to go through an accredited training programme being operated...

Andrea Morgan - known to many property Twitter users as @RightmoveAddict - is joining the Agency Mentors estate agency training and...

As part of Rent4sure’s ongoing programme of development initiatives, Clair Jones has been appointed National Field Sales Manager. “Rent4sure is one of...

The UK Apartment Association - the umbrella group of Build To Rent suppliers, including some developers and operators - is starting...

As one of the UK’s most trusted suppliers to the lettings industry, we work tirelessly to make sure our system meets...

Letting agents in Scotland have started to sign up to a new compliance programme which has the aim of stamping out...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Director of Business Development Q: Who are PayProp? PayProp is an automated payment and reconciliation...

As one of the UK’s most trusted suppliers to the lettings industry, swift and dependable referencing is our priority. Credit Checks come...

A business start-up service says the cost of joining a franchise lettings agency can range from £2,495 to a hefty £150,000...

One of the leading investors in Britain’s fast-growing Build To Rent sector says this new tenure will lift the lettings sector’s...

One of Britain’s best known and well respected experts on buy to let and the private rental sector, Kate Faulkner, has...

Who are you? Patricia Barber What does it say on your business card? Chairman of the Association of independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) How long has...

The 1,000th person has been trained as part of Rent Smart Wales, the compulsory scheme that says it aims to raise...

New licence fees for letting and managing agents have been announced by Rent Smart Wales, the Welsh Government’s registration and licensing scheme which...

An initiative between the Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation will help charities and other organisations offer...

So you’ve decided to advertise on Rightmove, Zoopla or another online property listing agent. You’ve agreed the budget, made the bold...

In a constantly changing legislative environment, the importance of keeping up-to-date in terms of knowledge and skills has never been more...

Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...

Letting agents have been ticked off by an official watchdog for the way many of them handle clients' personal data. The Information Commissioner’s Office...

Four well-known figures in the worlds of compliance and agency training have joined forces to launch the Property Professionals Support Centre. PPSC...

We’ve seen large numbers of local councils set up private rental accreditation systems, and a string of politicians from all major...

Estate Agency AllStars is to take its training nationwide next year.  The company runs courses on What is Estate Agency, Prospecting School,...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is warning of a possible slump for the buy to let market in the next two...

The scores are in - we have asked 20 senior agents and analysts for their forecasts for capital values the 2016...

A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...

Rent Smart Wales, the new registration and licensing system in Wales, launches on Monday - and it represents a major change...

Scottish Land & Estates, a body representing private landowners north of the border, says it is positive about proposals to improve...

The Chartered Institute of House is setting up a new online qualification for anyone wishing to understand tenancies, property and tenancy...

The new registration and licensing requirements under Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 will be launched on November 23,...

The Resort Group are looking for sales agents to help sell our 5-star property developments in Cape Verde. With a proven...

Countrywide has announced plans to recruit over 200 apprentices in the next year, working on a training programme drawn up with...

Letting agents and landlords can use AIIC independent inventory clerks to conduct the checks on smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation period for its proposed Code of Practice for Letting Agents.  The proposed Code of Practice...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks, known as the AIIC, has announced the details of two new training courses taking place...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks, known as the AIIC, has announced the details of two new training courses taking place...

A letting agent is warning of apparently inaccurate information being sent out as part of a new agent and landlord accreditation...

A survey of 500 landlords suggest that 10 per cent of them have had difficulties in securing a mortgage over the...

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...

It now appears that new legislation covering the private rental sector in Wales will involve mandatory training for letting agents as...

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...

Every landlord in Wales will have to undertake ‘training’ and be licensed under new rules coming into effect this autumn. In a...

Who are you? Joshua Rayner MIRP What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Rayner Personnel & Estate Agency...

In my recent article, ‘Is Gazeal for Real?’ I reported on the imminent launch of this new product that claimed it...

Property consultancy Daniel Watney LLP is the latest industry operator to label the government’s Right To Rent immigration checks as unworkable,...

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...

I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...

The chief executive of Braemore, one of the highest profile letting agencies in Scotland, says he wants greater regulation for the...