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A council says it’s secured the first banning order in its area, securing a stop on a rogue letting agent renting...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

Propertymark, together with Gas Safe Register, has produced top tips to be passed by agents to landlords and tenants as part...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

The overwhelming majority of people who live in shared rented properties say that the rising cost of household bills is likely...

Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has issued this guidance for agents to pass to landlords. It coincides with Gas Safety Week,...

The law around the requirement for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties will change in England on October 1. Propertymark...

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

New research suggests tenants could save an average of £147 per household on their electricity bills each year by switching off...

Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...

For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it welcomes new rules for alarms which put the social and private rental sectors...

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms.  Earlier this week the government...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

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Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

One in four homes in the UK has a potentially dangerous gas appliance, new research claims. Analysis of inspection figures by Gas...

Landlords are being reminded of their responsibilities for gas safety checks on properties being rented to tenants. Gas Safety Week runs from...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...

Over a quarter of lettings and estate agents say sustainability is just a box-ticking exercise and only one in nine have...

Agents managing properties with halogen or high-energy fluorescent lights will have to switch in the near future. The government is to ban...

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

Lettings platform teclet has announced another API partner - the latest of many in recent months.  It’s the Product Care Repair or...

Build To Rent developer Simple Life has launched 28 new BTR family homes in Newhall Harlow, Essex.  Part of a larger development of...

The Residential Landlords Association and Gas Safe Register have joined forces to promote gas safety awareness in the private rental sector. The...

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s asking its member to get behind Gas Safety Week which takes place from...

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...

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...

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...

A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until tomorrow.  “As Gas Safety Week...

NALS is urging letting agents and other property professionals to get behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until Friday,.    It says thousands...

A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston.   Truro Crown Court...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should remember that a ‘Register My Appliance’ scheme has been set up to...

A landlord has been fined over £15,000 after failing to maintain gas appliances at the domestic property in Haverfordwest.   Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...

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

Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...

Specialist insurer Direct Line for Business is warning agents and landlords that while winter has so far been relatively mild, February...

New research has revealed that the vast majority of tenants have experienced problems with damp or poor drainage. A survey of 1,000...

The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...

Unsafe gas appliances have been found in 21 per cent of privately-rented flats and houses according to Gas Safe Register.   Investigation data...

To coincide with students' return to university, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, SELECT, has launched a radio campaign to...

The property industry is set to pledge its support to Gas Safety Week 2016, which starts today. The sixth annual event aims...

The local authority in Manchester is proposing to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the north of the city and has...

The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...

Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...

For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike; this is...

  A letting agent who scammed dozens of tenants and landlords out of more than £220,000 of rents and deposits has been...

A leading trade body says it’s time for the private rental sector to take gas safety more seriously following a spate...

A landlord has received a suspended six month prison sentence after he ignored repeated warnings about arranging an annual gas safety...

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...

Millions of people remain at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning despite the recent legislation aimed at protecting private tenants, a new...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties.  Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...

Select, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, is reminding agents and landlords that from December 1 there must be five-yearly electrical...

The Chancellor’s proposed change to wear and tear tax allowance in the rental sector will hit rural lettings particularly hard, according...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has announced that it has joined forces with the Gas Safe Register to provide...

Around 47 per cent of landlords will be affected by changes to the annual wear and tear allowance. That’s the result of...

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...