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Propertymark is urging the UK government to implement reforms that will make it more cost effective and simpler for people to...

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

New rules on renewing leases may take years to come into effect, a leading property lawyer warns. The Leasehold Reform Act became...

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

The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...

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

The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

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

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...

Agents, leaseholders and freeholders can gain an insight into one of the most contentious areas of leasehold with a free webinar...

A politician is raising the possibility that people who live in private blocks and let out their apartments via Airbnb or...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client.  The Century Wharf Estate...

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies  – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts.  The acquisitions...

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

A leasehold campaigner has called on the Queen to end her support for what he calls the UK's “feudal leasehold system” by changing the...

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...

It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...

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

Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a radio advertisement for Direct Line Landlord Insurance because it has been judged to be...