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Propertymark is lobbying Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to suggest that letting agents have a vital role to...

A council has taken over powers for enforcement in the private rental sector - and it’s started off with a warning...

A lettings agency set up by a council to buy properties on the open market and let them at open market...

New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

A council says it’s secured the first banning order in its area, securing a stop on a rogue letting agent renting...

Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...

A relaunched online lettings agency operation is offering lettings listings deals to landlords from £39.50. The little known Essex-based Griffin Property Co...

Rightmove has admitted to shareholders that it’s to lose 8% of its lettings listing from next month - the equivalent of...

Deputy prime Angela Rayner will tomorrow unveil a new National Planning Policy Framework in a move that will strengthen requirements for...

The Building Engineering Services Association has welcomed the new government’s commitment to reinforce the rules that require landlords and their agents...

Robert Jenrick, who was appointed Housing Secretary by Robert Jenrick in 2019, is to run for Tory party leader. During his time...

The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...

Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...

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

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...

Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

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

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

In an early General Election skirmish, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to enact key private rental...

Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...

A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...

The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...

The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...

Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool...

The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...

A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...

Even as he was being elected as Mayor of London for a record-beating third successive time, Sadiq Khan was under pressure...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

A housing company has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns...

A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...

A council has placed a Banning Order on a lettings agency operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation. Trophy Homes Ltd was hit...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...

A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been alleged. A survey of over 2,000 private...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

According to the BBC, the Government is no longer committed to increase the amount disabled people in England can claim to...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

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

A lettings agency has pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to an HMO. IHomes Letting Limited has been fined £16,970 for failing...

Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

The latest edition of the HomeLet Rental Index shows a near double-digit average annual rent rise across the UK. Renters can now...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...

A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...