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Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

The Federation of Independent Agents has selected an automated client account platform as a supplier.  The FIA was established in by Graham...

The Deposit Protection Service is hosting a webinar to help letting agents better navigate the dispute resolution process.   The service says...

Automated client account platform Lettspay is to become a supplier to the Federation of Independent Agents.  Lettspay, which is registered with the...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned advertorial material issued by the government department responsible for rental reform and housing. Two Labour MPs...

Knight Frank has appointed Sofia Lira Salas as head of lettings in its Hyde Park office in Prime Central London. Salas joined...

It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...

A new trade body is being set up which describes itself as a national network of property managers, specialising in the...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

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

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman says “after the incompetent handling of the exams fiasco, the government must act now to avoid more chaos...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed four new PropTech and training strategic partnerships for member agencies. They are Inventory Base, Vaboo,...

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

First, he was trying his hand in lettings, then he devised a 2.5% commission to take on Purplebricks. Now, after nine months...

A university student who fled from his private rental apartment owing over £1,000 has posted a message on Facebook: “Catch me...

Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...

Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has rebranded as safeagent.  NALS has helped coordinate the safeagent campaign since 2011, focussing during that time...

The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...

A 23 year old lettings agent has tragically died from a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the thin...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement by the short let management service Airsorted because the firm was unable to...

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...

When it comes to growing your business sustainably, maintaining a brand that is eye-catching and identifiable with your audience is vital...

It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...

An industry trade group says residents in high rise blocks of flats are being let down by a system in which...

The Welsh Government is now kicking off a similar consultation process to that conducted by the Department for Communities and Local...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

A Tory MP has taken to the internet to warn against what he calls the “unintended consequences” of a ban on...

The Residential Landlords Association has roasted the enforcement policies and provisions for the controversial Rent Smart Wales initiative which begins in...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

A landlord who rented out a house in multiple occupation has ended up with a £10,000 fine after pleading guilty to failing...

The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has teamed up with 62 other property bodies to launch “a global consultation on ethics...