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A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...

Airbnb is undertaking a widespread social media campaign in the UK about its attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour and...

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

The extension to the evictions ban will compound the suffering of victims of domestic violence and anti-social behaviour. That’s the view of...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

A rental activist who runs the Generation Rent pressure group has told landlords that if they are “serious” about providing long-term...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

This is our last edition of Letting Agent Today until Friday December 27 and everyone at Angels Media, LAT and the...

Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has warned about the dangers of short let scams after an American family was apparently conned out...

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

Agents have reacted angrily to the way in which the government released a new set of rental documents updated to include...

A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...

Everyone at Letting Agent Today wishes all our readers, agents and suppliers to the industry, a peaceful and loving Christmas. If at any...

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

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

Chris Wood, the Cornish agent who was recently the centre of a dispute with the Advertising Standards Authority, has announced that...

Here’s a date which the private rental sector may want to make a note of…even if it is with some nervousness. The...

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

PayProp clients power through their monthly invoicing, collections, settlements and payouts in just a few clicks – whether they're managing 1...

A Member of Parliament who says “the majority of agents” engage in “dirty tactics” when it comes to fees imposed on...

There are plenty of helpful and reliable professionals in the letting industry, however it’s no secret that there are a lot...

Letting agents have responded with enthusiasm to the government’s announcement over the Easter weekend that the industry would in future have...

A representative of the Landlords’ Union has posted an apology on the Property118 website for accidentally using a photograph of the...

A former councillor says letting agents should be responsible for ensuring student tenants know how to organise their bins in a...

The government has started tweeting that it is to ban letting agents’ fees in England - but still isn’t revealing when...

The lettings market typically heats up in autumn, with landlords and tenants back off their holidays and ready to start the...

The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has entered the debate over the £835.38p reportedly charged by a branch of Winkworth when it changed the...

All good wishes for a happy and successful Easter for everyone in the industry from Letting Agent Today, and from our publisher...

Prominent market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has been involved in a Twitter spat over whether the changes to mortgage...

Airbnb’s co-founder says his short-lets platform will provide free housing “to refugees and anyone not allowed in the US.”   The offer, made...

An interesting article in London’s Evening Standard free-newspaper reveals that an increasing number of letting agents appear to be using social...

At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...

Repair reporting specialist Fixflo and software provider VTUK are teaming up to provide what is believed to be the first Twitter debate...

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

The new Chancellor appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May has been ‘outed’ as a former buy to let landlord - raising...

Research undertaken by one of Britain’s leading rental sector experts and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation gives perhaps the most...

So, Britain voted out of the European Union. What are the implications for UK landlords, from the immigration laws point of...

Letting agents are being invited to join landlords and local authority rental housing experts in a Twitter debate on private rental...

A Twitter campaign has been launched under the hashtag ventyourrent to expose what its users claim are the “rip off” rent...

A London lettings has tweeted that it does not share the view of one of its own branch managers who said...

We look at a few of the best ways to make your property stand out from the crowd. In a market...

The man behind a new competition for agents says he has taken the initiative to try to redress the negative press...

The PRS, one of three authorised redress schemes, is backing a ‘Fair Lettings’ campaign being introduced by Camden council in London. It...

A campaign targeting residential landlords has given HM Revenue and Customs an additional tax take of over £50m.  The Let Property Campaign,...

London Mayor and Tory leadership wannabee Boris Johnson wants rogue operators in the private rental sectors to be banned with repeat...

A campaign group protesting against the government’s Budget proposal to limit the tax breaks for buy to let investors has been...

Letting agents and other industry professionals are being consulted ver changes to the sector’s regulation - including possible blacklisting of rogue...

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...

As estate agents, business people and just plain people for that matter, we can't help looking at the way our society...

Nominations for Labour’s deputy leadership race close at midday today with Stella Creasy, an MP who has campaigned fiecely against letting...

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! Every month I’ll be giving you an insight into the varied, exciting and...

OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators regulate and work for the public. If you don’t know what...

The quick-off-the-mark Residential Landlords Association appeared to earn brownie points for the entire private rental sector by sending a congratulatory message...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...