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Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets.   The new logbooks...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

It’s vital for agents to have a process in place to check documentation received at their office, to avoid potential claims.  This...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

PropTech supplier Goodlord has announced a partnership with an identity verification technology service which would allow agents to conduct digital Right...

The government has pulled together the latest guidance on Right To Rent, appropriate to landlords, lettings agents and home owners who...

There’s been a big rise in the number of complaints about agents lodged with the Property Redress Scheme, which says it’s...

A council has prosecuted an agency and landlord for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar Homes Ltd...

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

Prop-tech platform OpenBrix has revealed a strategic partnership with a digital identity provider, Yoti.  Through its app tlyfe, the collaboration will enable tenants...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software, has announced a new integration with popular lettings platform Goodlord. Goodlord is Alto’s only tenancy progression and onboarding...

TecLet, the software platform business now rebranding as part of OnTheMarket Software, has been updated to accommodate radical changes to the...

A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sarah Davies, Commercial Director at The Letting Partnership What is The...

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...

Extending the length of Notice to Quit periods in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland to up to six months...

A PropTech firm is pledging its new service allows agents to complete identity checks, upload the necessary documentation to let their...

Agents should not wait until regulation and legislation improve the rental sector - they should be doing so voluntarily.  That’s the view...

A new government survey of private renters is checking whether they received the correct documentation from their agent when they begin...

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

The government has updated its formal guidance to letting agents and landlords on Right To Rent. This sets out the continuation of online...

Virtual Right To Rent checks by agents, which were to have been illegal from just next week, are now permissible until...

The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction.  Failure...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

There’s been an urgent change to the arrears process over the weekend to dovetail with the government’s new Breathing Space initiative. From...

A lettings agent in Slough, called Saville Park Ltd, has been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an outstanding award of £300.  TPO received a complaint from tenants...

A tenant referencing service and lettings insurance provider is linking with an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy. HomeLet and Let Alliance, part of...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do...

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

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...

Airbnb has been ordered to pay some 52,000 euros in compensation to the owner of an apartment in Paris after a...

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

The chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is predicting that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his call for letting agents to use more technology to clean up their act when...

This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...

Rules introduced last autumn by the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority are hurting the buy to let mortgage market according...

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...

A 3-in-1 referencing solution to help agents secure safer tenancies. Rent4sure’s 3-in-1 referencing solution has been specifically designed to help agents secure...

A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.   As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...

Right To Rent is encouraging discrimination against international students according to a student lts online service.    Government figures marking the first anniversary...

A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for failure to comply with two Improvement Notices “resulting in a catalogue of health...

The local council in Nottingham wants to introduce a city-wide licensing scheme of all landlords across its estimated 43,000 private rental...

As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....

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

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has criticised Boris Johnson's handling of the London Rental Standard, an accreditation scheme for landlords...

A 24-year-old from Luton has been jailed after being found guilty of six counts of fraud in relation to obtaining properties...

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...

The government has updated the Section 8 and Section 13 forms which apply to private letting in England: they come into...

Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...

The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...

New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is to take part in an urgent meeting called by the Home Office on the...

Company’s Top Objectives Established in 1964, Martyn Gerrard is an award-winning, family run agent, letting and selling property firm in North and...

In my recent article, ‘Is Gazeal for Real?’ I reported on the imminent launch of this new product that claimed it...

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of which...

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...