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From this month, private tenants in Northern Ireland will have sufficient smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms installed in their homes for...

Property industry supplier Iamproperty says some 670,000 students will likely be seeking private rental properties in the upcoming academic year -...

Mandatory smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms will be introduced to private rented sector properties in Northern Ireland.    Under the Smoke, Heat...

Propertymark has responded to two consultations on the proposals to introduce electrical safety standards and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in...

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

Propertymark is urging agents to give it their views on two consultations on health and safety issues coming out of Northern...

Private landlords and lettings agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event. Cumberland council says property owners and...

Propertymark is backing the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all residential buildings in Wales. The Welsh Government is proposing to amend...

A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...

A new 'How to Rent' guide has been released by the government today, with letting agents and private landlords reminded they...

The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...

A new How To Rent guide is to be issued on Friday, according to a government communication with the National Residential...

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

Yet another revision to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations takes effect from October 1 - that’s just under...

The government has issued detailed guidance ahead of a change in the law around smoke and carbon monoxide alarms coming into...

A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...

Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...

Agents are being urged to prepare for  changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...

Activists in the Acorn campaign group are lobbying a council in a bid to - in its words - “ban slum...

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

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...

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...

The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

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

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...

A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...

Yet another formal government consultation is under way, this time into smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rental sector...

Four people are treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in the UK every day - but 58 per cent of the population...

Almost a third of renters in the UK do not have a life-saving carbon monoxide alarm in their property, with four...

Letting Agent Today has been contacted by the Council of Gas Detection and Environmental Monitoring - the trade association for gas...

A health and safety product manufacturer is issuing a warning about the dangers of carbon monoxide alarms, citing figures that up...

A trade body has accused some letting agents and landlords of “failing to get to grips” with several recent legal changes...

The Associaton of Independent Inventory Clerks is warning agents and others in the lettings sector to be careful when preparing advertising...

A lettings sector supply company has had to amend an advertisment after a complaint about its “misleading” statement over smoke and...

Letting agents will be pleased to hear that landlords who manage all aspects of tenancies on their own are being warned...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched a new version of its Fire Safety Logbook which has been endorsed by the...

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

One of the UK’s largest suppliers of carbon monoxide and smoke alarm testing products has launched a record-pad to help agents...

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...

A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...

A mortgage chief has spelled out what many in the rental sector already know - that the new laws, rules and...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it strongly supports new health and safety legislation coming into effect today - but...

The Trading Standards Service has issued a warning to agents, landlords and consumers after independent tests on CO carbon monoxide alarms...

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

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Alex Chesterman's...

Parliament has approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - the regulations which looked in jeopardy after a...

As if to prove the lettings industry’s concern over a lack of publicity for upcoming health and safety regulation changes, a...

The property industry has hit out at what appears to be government confusion over a raft of new rules coming into...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is stepping up its advice to agents head of Gas Safety Week on September 14-20,...

A group of estate agents have teamed up with a local fire and rescue service to launch an initiative aimed at...

Some 71% of landlords have not yet organised a carbon monoxide alarm in their rental property, according to a survey of...

York Council is seeking the introduction of fixed penalty notices for letting agents and landlords in the city who are found...

Around 445,000 smoke alarms and 40,000 carbon monoxide alarms have now been issued to the 46 fire and rescue authorities in...

A long-time safety campaigner is reminding agents and landlords that from October 1 the new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England)...