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Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is hosting a webinar where Scott Bailey - policy manager at the Home Office - will answer questions on Right...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with agents...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s vital for agents to have a process in place to check documentation received at their office, to avoid potential claims. This...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...
04 July 2023
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The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
PropTech provider OnTheMarket Software has integrated a digital e-signature service, Finch, into its TecLet platform. The integration within TecLet claims to save...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has pulled together the latest guidance on Right To Rent, appropriate to landlords, lettings agents and home owners who...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
HomeLet has launched a product to help combat tenancy fraud, which it claims has seen a 36 per cent rise since...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Prop-tech platform OpenBrix has revealed a strategic partnership with a digital identity provider, Yoti. Through its app tlyfe, the collaboration will enable tenants...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Attempted fraud in the letting sector has risen sharply over the past two years, it’s been claimed. Tenant reference provider Homeppl claims...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
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...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...
03 January 2023
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Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A new lettings regime that is described as the biggest change in many decades comes into effect tomorrow in Wales, with...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform claims that as many as one in 20 rental properties may be let to criminals - that’s some...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
TecLet, the software platform business now rebranding as part of OnTheMarket Software, has been updated to accommodate radical changes to the...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Once again there is uncertainty over the future of the small lettings division of Purplebricks. The threat of redundancy hangs over staff...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
What many believe to have been one of the nastiest TV adverts in recent years - Purplebricks’ attack on traditional agents’...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Lettings Hub says there were 91,593 cases of tenant application fraud in 2021 alone, with the most common form of fraud...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
In a late night announcement it was confirmed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that Lee Rowley MP...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has announced a new director of risk and compliance, following its lettings division’s high profile compliance error last year. In Decvember...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies. It has...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...
23 June 2022
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A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A new Home Office code of practice comes into force today making changes to what letting agents in England need to...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech provider has launched a renter guarantor service after claiming there’s been a 10-fold rise in tenancy fraud in the...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar aimed at...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The lettings and management platform teclet, owned by OnTheMarket, is now available to agents and property managers in Scotland. The product offer...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech supplier Goodlord is to host a webinar on Thursday answering letting agents' questions onthe implications of the landmark ruling on...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process. Over...
07 February 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a new Tenancy Compliance service through its pre-tenancy progression software, BOX. The Lettings Hub says...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The Home Office has confirmed that letting agents, landlords and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm is pledging its new service allows agents to complete identity checks, upload the necessary documentation to let their...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The Guild of Property Professionals has entered into a partnership with one of the many deposit replacement services now available. It’s teamed...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A new government survey of private renters is checking whether they received the correct documentation from their agent when they begin...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...
18 October 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
The House of Commons Library, an independent body not controlled by government, has published a detailed history of the many measures...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...
15 September 2021
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New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A council has just launched it own publicly-funded lettings agency and wants private landlords to sign up. The 'Your Choice' lettings agency,...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...
18 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The newly rebranded Rightmove Landlord & Tenant Services has made improvements to the time it takes for an agent to request...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has extended the ‘special arrangements’ for Right To Rent checks - these will now be in force until September...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction. Failure...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A compliance specialist is reminding the industry that the deadline by which letting agents must register with HMRC if they are...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The Home Office has told agents and landlords that Right To Rent checks can continue to be conducted via video calls...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Prominent industry software supplier Reapit and specialist repairs and maintenance service Fixflo have announced a new integration. This allows Fixflo’s software and...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Leading property lawyer David Smith is to give agents an update on a key legal case at a webinar next week. Smith,...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Letting agents are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s David Cox - formerly of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - is to talk through the Budget fallout for...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Tenant referencing. It’s a necessary evil. Although most tenants are responsible and pay their rent on time, broke swindlers with dubious...
04 March 2021
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A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....
09 December 2020
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The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark is warning government that the majority of letting agents and landlords won’t be able to conduct retrospective full-scale Right...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...