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A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...
13 June 2024
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The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...
05 April 2024
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A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...
04 March 2024
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The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues. According to a Freedom of Information...
31 January 2024
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Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...
31 January 2024
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A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...
18 December 2023
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The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...
24 November 2023
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The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...
23 November 2023
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Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...
26 October 2023
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Propertymark kicks off its regional conference campaign this week - the start of a programme that’s doubled in size this year. Across...
05 September 2023
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Letting agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in the next industry forum on Wednesday...
23 August 2023
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A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...
01 August 2023
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Agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in an industry forum on Monday May 15...
19 April 2023
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Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...
31 March 2023
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Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...
25 January 2023
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Propertymark says banks are still misinterpreting Anti-Money Laundering rules regarding pooled client accounts, making life difficult for letting agents. The trade body...
12 January 2023
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ARLA Propertymark President David Votta and Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson are amongst a group of trade body figures who have...
25 November 2022
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Propertymark’s head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, will explain how investment in the private rented sector can be better incentivised when...
28 October 2022
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The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...
05 October 2022
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Two senior agents are joining the Propertymark Qualifications board to bring a combined 64 years of experience. Jan Hytch - residential and...
28 July 2022
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Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023. Coadjute - which took over...
10 January 2022
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A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...
06 October 2021
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The ESTAS has announced another partner for its awards ceremony later this month. It’s customer rewards service Vaboo, which will be presenting...
05 October 2021
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ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...
22 June 2021
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Your Move, Reeds Rains and other parts of the LSL Group are to hold an Act of Kindness day to encourage...
16 June 2021
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Helping those in the private rental sector understand the latest changes to regulations due to Covid-19 is one of the aims...
04 June 2021
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TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...
18 May 2021
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Deposit alternative firm flatfair has linked with a PropTech firm to enhance its offer to Build To Rent users. The partnership with...
17 February 2021
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The biggest awards event in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 ceremony. Traditionally...
08 February 2021
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A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...
20 January 2021
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A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
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Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency. Electricity distributor UK...
08 June 2020
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The much delayed merger of the UK’s two landlord bodies has officially happened today. The National Residential Landlords Association has been formed...
02 April 2020
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Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...
02 September 2019
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A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes. Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...
01 February 2019
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The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...
29 January 2019
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Zoopla is withdrawing its lettings listings from Facebook Marketplace, only three months after putting them on. Officially the withdrawal takes place this...
13 December 2018
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A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...
13 December 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...
11 July 2018
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Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...
07 March 2018
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A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” claims that its aim...
30 October 2017
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At the latest meeting of the Fair Fees Forum, members described the current approach towards landlord licensing as a 'post code...
19 June 2017
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The Fair Fees Forum, originally established before the proposal to ban letting agents’ fees imposed on tenants in England, now says...
04 May 2017
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The Department of Communities and Local Government is scrapping a series of workshops for letting agents to discuss the proposed ban...
20 April 2017
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Prominent market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has been involved in a Twitter spat over whether the changes to mortgage...
05 April 2017
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The Competition and Markets Authority says there is no time to undertake a review into the lettings market and the role of...
21 March 2017
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The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...
18 January 2017
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Letting agencies and landlords must club together to campaign for a cap on agents' fees charged to tenants, rather than an...
15 December 2016
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The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...
29 November 2016
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The NALS Fair Fee forum - an initiative launched last month - has now set up a working group to consider,...
16 November 2016
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The National Approved Letting Scheme has stepped into the heated debate about letting agents’ charges by launching what it calls a...
18 October 2016
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Savills is the only organisation with an agency wing represented on the first board of the UK Apartment Association, a new...
01 August 2016
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The Basel Committee - an international forum which sets standards for bank regulations in individual countries - says financial institutions should place greater emphasis...
11 December 2015
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A group of agents, landlords and other property professionals has applied to appeal the decision to block an attempt to overturn...
11 September 2015
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A group of letting agents, landlords and investors has failed in its bid to force a high profile council to reconsider...
14 August 2015
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A final decision on the legal challenge to a flagship council landlord licensing scheme has been set for next Thursday. The Croydon...
07 August 2015
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The hearing that will determine whether there will be a judicial review of another council’s landlord licensing scheme will take place...