Trading Standards officers check for agents’ compliance by scrutinising their websites, it’s being claimed. Agents are being warned to ensure their websites...
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A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent in London has been fined for the third time in as many years – this time for failing...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News
As part of SAFEagent Awareness Week, which finishes today, letting agents have been provided with a free webinar covering compliance. The webinar...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A London council has won its appeal against Foxtons using the term “administration fees” in its lettings charges. Back in 2015 Camden...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Lettings agents are being invited to take part in a national online survey launching today and seeking to get an industry-wide...
01 September 2016
From: Breaking News
A local agency in Essex is accusing an unspecified number of rival firms in the area of not publicising their fees...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News
A local council claims around 90 per cent of the 100 or so letting agents operating within its area are breaking...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s top lettings experts says last year’s law changes concerning the increased transparency of agents’ fees have “missed...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News
The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...
03 July 2015
From: Features
An organisation that describes itself as “an independent group of private renters” says it has identified 21 letting agents out of...