The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...
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03 January 2024
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Tickets are now on sale for the next Women in Estate Agency conference in March. Starting as a Facebook group during Covid...
16 November 2023
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Five outstanding women were honoured at the first ESTAS Women in Estate Agency award, parts of the ESTAS. The five were Wendy...
25 October 2023
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A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...
06 October 2023
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Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...
05 July 2023
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OnTheMarket has been named amongst the UK’s best employers in The Times Best Places to Work 2023 initiative. The nationwide workplace survey...
16 May 2023
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The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...
23 March 2023
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The first Women in Estate Agency conference has been a sell out. Over 250 people from across the industry attended the day-long...
07 March 2023
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Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...
30 January 2023
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The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...
21 December 2022
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Cluttons is rolling out a family and wellbeing policy to its employees this week, after several months of consultation. The policy will...
19 October 2022
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A lettings platform set up 18 months ago but under-the-radar until now claims to be the world’s first for women only...
21 March 2022
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New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...
10 March 2022
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Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...
04 January 2022
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Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons. A home insurance company...
23 November 2021
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The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...
22 November 2021
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Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...
12 July 2021
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There’s been great work by Auction House over the past year, working with local charities at the heart of communities thrown...
02 April 2021
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In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...
28 August 2020
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A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...
06 August 2020
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A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...
13 April 2020
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A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...
06 February 2020
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28 January 2020
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An undercover investigation by the LBC radio station has revealed unscrupulous landlords who expect sex from women tenants in return for...
17 December 2019
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Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...
13 December 2019
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Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...
23 October 2019
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Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough. The group...
15 October 2019
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The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
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New research has thrown light for the first time on the gap between the rental affordability of male and female workers...
20 September 2019
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A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender. The...
18 September 2019
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There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants. A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...
05 September 2019
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The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...
19 August 2019
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Foxtons has been named as one of almost 100 firms which will be highlighted for failing to boost the number of...
14 May 2019
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The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...
23 August 2018
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The ownership of buy to let property is much more evenly split between women and men than amongst other forms of...
21 August 2018
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Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...
24 July 2018
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Newspapers in Kent are reporting that controversial buy to let multi-millionaire Fergus Wilson has evicted four single mothers from his properties...
20 July 2018
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Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...
16 April 2018
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Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...
27 February 2018
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Women now account for two in five landlords according to research by Simple Landlords Insurance. It says it has analysed tens of...
21 April 2017
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A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...
13 February 2017
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Local media in west London report that nine people have been rescued by firefighters after a fire above a letting and...
12 October 2016
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Despite typically having to pay for the privilege of having a background check conducted on themselves, most renters don’t perform the...
16 May 2016
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A tenant who describes herself as “a seasoned renter” says women may end up paying higher rents than men for similar...
29 February 2016
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The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...
03 February 2016
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A student landlord has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay over £12,400 after pleading guilty to...