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ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...

The Property Institute - a body for the residential property management sector - has announced the appointment of a Labour baroness...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

One of the leading deposit alternative services has called for a code of conduct to step, amongst other things, alleged pressure...

Jersey is calling for views on whether the island’s estate agents should be subject to greater regulation.  The island’s Economic and International...

A local authority in Essex is cracking down on what it claims to be the increase of illegally positioned estate agent...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents' wing of Propertymark says the recent expulsion of three agents from The Property Ombudsman demonstrates the...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

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

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

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

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 agency Leaders has been marking the 10th anniversary of the death of its founder Neville Lee, who was a key...

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

Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...

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

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

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

The issue of some estate agents insisting that buyers and/or sellers use a particular solicitor or conveyancer has reared its ugly...