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Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...

Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

Martin & Co - part of the TPFG franchise giant - has purchased another independent agency. Father and son duo Jaspal and...

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

Lomond has consolidated its growing foothold in the lettings sector after sealing its biggest acquisition to date in the Midlands. In what...

A letting agent with a background in renovation has been able to grow her business by offering investors a swathe of...

A legal expert says there is too little practical help available to transform the energy efficiency reputation of the private rental...

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

An activist group claims that 54 per cent of students are currently living with damp and mould. The group - Students Organising...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

New analysis of the English Housing Survey by the Building Research Establishment has found that excessively cold homes in England could...

A coalition of tenant activists has called a Day of Action to protest at delays in the government’s rental reform agenda. The...

Citizens Advice is the latest charity to argue for improved housing standards in the private rental sector. It claims that its research...

The second largest resale in Belvoir’s history has taken place with the husband and wife behind the Southampton franchise buying Belvoir...

Welsh nationalists have called for a rent freeze and eviction ban to emulate that happening now in Scotland. Plaid Cymru, the party...

The Lomond Group has made another acquisition of an independent lettings firm, this time in the Midlands. Its John Shepherd brand has...

A warning has been issued that as many as 250,000 homes - some likely to be in the private rental sector...

A property management company with a portfolio of over 130 properties in the Telford area has been fined £5,100 for failing...

Bhavik Patel, owner of Nicholas Humphreys Southampton & Portsmouth has acquired independent lettings agency Harker and Bullman in Wimborne. This is the...

A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide aimed at improving private rental sector properties. The Energy Saving Trust...

Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...

  Belvoir has announced its franchise of the year, selected from the 166 offices in its network.  It’s husband and wife team Ben...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...

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

The franchisee of a new Martin & Co branch in his hometown has opened with the recruitment of five new staff. Hamza...

The Law Society of England and Wales has come out in favour of the latest ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  The extension to...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...

As winter is coming, it’s time to think about how to protect your property from damp and mould. This silent assassin...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

A prominent consumer group claims that one in 10 tenants currently renting say they have at some point been evicted “for...

One of the country’s youngest lettings franchise holders has opened a second branch by acquiring an independent agency. Kuljeet Aujla, owner of...

A study claims as many as a fifth of private renters in the UK have developed an illness due to issues...

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...

A buy to let investor who let out a converted attic room despite it being the subject of a council prohibition...

A landlord and building contractor have been fined after quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

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

A landlord has been hit with more than £5,500 of fines and costs after he allowed a family with three young...

Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...

A local authority has described a lettings property as “a real House of Horrors that put the health and safety of...

An agent has been banned from letting properties under ‘fit and proper person’ legislation in Scotland, following an incident in which...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of 35 HMO-related offences - and has to pay a total fine...

Policy makers concerned with the private rental sector ignore the needs of older tenants who are regarded as “invisible”. That’s the claim...

A rogue landlord has been fined twice in the space of two months for failing to provide a suitable standard of...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences in relation to a house in...

Angela Newark, owner of two franchises of The Property Franchise Group in West Yorkshire, has acquired the portfolio of another agency taking...

The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...

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

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...

One in 20 lettings properties breach minimum standards set to come into force next April, according to a survey for an insurance...

A series of prosecutions of rogue landlords by a London council has also seen a so-called ‘property manager’ fined a four-figure...

A Prohibition Order has been served on the owner of a flat being let to an elderly couple - one of...

As Britain faces sub-zero temperatures from today, commercial insurer NFU Mutual is advising property managers and landlords to prepare their property...

Damp and mould can mean big problems for landlords, letting agents and tenants. It can cause stress and even health issues...

Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...

Age UK says the number of older people renting in the private sector is set to soar in the near future...

A landlord has been fined £7,000 for letting two properties which were unfit for habitation. Shahzad Mehmood was prosecuted at Swindon Magistrates'...

A letting agent who stole more than £400,000 from clients has had her sentence appeal dismissed by judges. Amy Williams, who part-owned Williams...

A rogue landlord faces a court bill of almost £40,000 after being caught cramming 24 people into a house in north...

One of Belvoir's newest and youngest franchise owners has completed on a substantial acquisition to kick-start his new business.  Luke Marchbanks, 25,...

Who are you? Luke Mason, from IntelliLet. I help letting agents with every aspect of their business, but particular focus is on...

Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...

The Citizens Advice Bureau consumer charity has stepped up its campaign about poor standards in the private rental sector. It claims private...

Elgin Management letting agency in Liverpool is warning tenants following an incident when a bogus letting agent entered the home of...

A group of landlords in Oldham have said they are going to present the council with a petition against the town's...

A letting agency that failed to apply for House of Multiple Occupation licences at three properties in Birmingham has been fined...

The Citizens Advice organisation has returned to the attack on the private rental sector, accusing rogue landlords of raking in £5.6...

A landlord has been left with a £1,600 bill for failing to comply with an improvement notice over a four year...