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Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...

An agency has upgraded a lettings office after what it describes as a makeover by ‘green office and retail design consultants’. The...

The resignation of Labour’s First Minister of Wales has raised alarm with Propertymark. Vaughan Gething quit yesterday after the Welsh Housing Secretary...

The Housing Secretary in the Welsh Government, Julie James, was one of several ministers to quit in yesterday's dramatic day of...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

A 20-branch agency focused on Surrey has relocated its flagship office in the county. Seymours’ new 3,000 square feet office space is...

Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year.  A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Measures contained in the Renters Reform Bill will fail without sufficient resources to ensure they can be enforced. The warning comes from...

The Belvoir franchise giant has scooped a London Stock Exchange award for business, environmental, governance and social issues. It’s won the Best...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

What is billed as Europe’s largest PropTech event takes place in London this week, on September 6 and 7.  PropTech Connect will...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...

Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

A new tool is being marketed by industry supplier Landmark with the claim that it helps agents “assess climate change risk.” The...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

Leaders Romans Group is unveiling what it claims is a new ‘sustainable’ branch office for its Portico brand in Fulham, London. The...

An all-party and influential committee of MPs says the UK should be put on a war footing to improve the energy...

The Lettings Industry Council, a group of rental industry chiefs, has joined with other property professionals to reveal what they see...

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when...

Campaigners who turned on the Prime Minister on Tuesday were cock-a-hoop just 24 hours later when Liz Truss did another U-turn...

The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...

A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...

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

A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

Online agency Hortons is the latest agency to off-set its environmental impact. Hortons operates from a non-branch office in central Leicester with...

The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages.  The company has revealed that...

Self-managing landlords who think they don’t have the same compliance obligations as agents could face serious repercussions, Trading Standards chiefs have...

After becoming the first large agency to move to electric BMW i3s in 2019, Chestertons is urging others in the industry to follow...

Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

Senior managers in the lettings and sales side of independent chain Spicerhaart are reducing their carbon footprint by taking up the...

Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...

One of the UK’s largest agency groups has launched a partnership with an environmental organisation to plant one tree for every...

Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties.  The Foundation Home...

An influential group of MPs has called for the replacement of “outdated” Energy Performance Certificates with new ‘Building Renovation Passports’. Currently EPCs...

A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...

Chestertons in London says it wants to become the country’s greenest estate agency and has taken a first step by being...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

Restaurant staff were kept in “dangerous and overcrowded” conditions by a property company and its landlord-director, a court has heard. The company...

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....

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

Stockport-based property development company Three Sixty has launched what it calls an online agency - Three Sixty Living - to handle...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...

The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

A shocking case of a buy to let HMO that did not even have a working smoke detector has led to...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

The government has announced an additional £4m in funding for local councils to combat rogue agents and landlords - but it’s...

An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...

A letting agency has denied that 'highly toxic' gas is leaking into one of its tenant's homes in Worcester. Leaders has said...

The government has this week published a learning toolkit for local authorities to help them with enforcement against rogue landlords and...

One of the UK’s highest profile lettings agencies - Countrywide band Beresford Adams - has been fined £22,500 for health and...

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...

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

An 18 month probe by different authorities has led to a £4,000 fine for an HMO owner in the Highlands. The local...

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...

Over half of the Millennials consulted in a survey say they want to get away from renting so badly they would...

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

A buy to let investor has been fined more than £5,000 and ordered to pay a further £4,000 after HMO offences.  John...

A buy to let investor that let at least eight people from six different families rent space in his three-storey property...

Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...

An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...

Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...

Some 42 per cent of tenants regard the eco-friendliness of a property as key when choosing whether or not to rent...

The sittings of the select committee looking into government proposals to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants resume this week...

This is a rare story: a council has dropped a plan for a lettings licensing scheme as a result of 900...

A lettings agent has been charged £1,000 after telling a new tenant to dump waste left by a previous occupier into...

A landlord has been fined a total of £7,298 for operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation in Oxford that was...

ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...

Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...

A Newport landlord has been fined £4,400 for operating a dangerous, unlicensed house in multiple occupation and failing to comply with...

The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...

Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...

A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...

A landlady has been fined £15,000 for failing to license and manage a house in multiple occupation.    Sharon Jacobs was also ordered...

It hasn’t been a happy Christmas for one London landlord, who has been told to repay £40,000 in rent received in...

Letting Agent Today has been contacted by the Council of Gas Detection and Environmental Monitoring - the trade association for gas...

A council believes that a landlord was “putting tenants’ lives in danger” because he did not have local authority licenses for...

Tenants are becoming increasingly eco-conscious according to a new survey.   Some 80 per cent of those questioned agree that landlords or their...

The landlord of an overcrowded flat which lacked proper fire precautions and had a dangerous boiler has been fined £162,000. Abbas Rasul...

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

A House in Multiple Occupation located on the third floor of a property with a restaurant at ground level was one...