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PropTech platform Goodlord has partnered with safety certificate provider Safe2 to offer compliance work for the lettings sector.  Safe2 - recently acquired...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with agents...

Propertymark, together with Gas Safe Register, has produced top tips to be passed by agents to landlords and tenants as part...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

The Labour-run London Assembly says it is concerned about government plans to allow landlords to house asylum seekers for two years without...

A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...

Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has issued this guidance for agents to pass to landlords. It coincides with Gas Safety Week,...

PropTech firm Symple has struck a deal to offer its certification services on thousands of properties listed with Sykes Holiday Cottages. Sykes...

A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a new Tenancy Compliance service through its pre-tenancy progression software, BOX.  The Lettings Hub says...

A PropTech firm is pledging its new service allows agents to complete identity checks, upload the necessary documentation to let their...

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms.  Earlier this week the government...

The Property Redress Scheme has expelled an agent operating a guaranteed rent scheme which failed to pay £150,000 to a former landlord client. The agent...

One in four homes in the UK has a potentially dangerous gas appliance, new research claims. Analysis of inspection figures by Gas...

Landlords are being reminded of their responsibilities for gas safety checks on properties being rented to tenants. Gas Safety Week runs from...

The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...

The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction.  Failure...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

A solicitor involved in the Court of Appeal case which ruled in favour of the private rental sector has spoken of...

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...

Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

The government has yet to give explicit guidance relating to private rental maintenance, but new advice this morning appears to shed...

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...

A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...

The Guild of Letting and Management has thrown helpful light on the responsibilities and recommended approach of letting agents faced with...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

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

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform.  The move means agents who process both...

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...

The Residential Landlords Association and Gas Safe Register have joined forces to promote gas safety awareness in the private rental sector. The...

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...

A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...

A trade body says a recent court case threatens the right of buy to let landlords to repossess their properties. The Residential...

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday.  This will require all Assured Shorthold...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s asking its member to get behind Gas Safety Week which takes place from...

A self-employed gas fitter has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after he carried out unsafe gas work while falsely...

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings...

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...

Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...

A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...

Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...

Agents and landlords with responsibilities to ensure gas checks are carried out in private rental properties may have more flexibility over...

Buy to let expert Kate Faulkner says tenants should undertake more research on agents, landlords and properties before choosing a place...

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...

A new online service backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it wants to enable tenants to bypass lettings agents. HomeRenter offers what...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until tomorrow.  “As Gas Safety Week...

NALS is urging letting agents and other property professionals to get behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until Friday,.    It says thousands...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston.   Truro Crown Court...

A landlord has been fined over £15,000 after failing to maintain gas appliances at the domestic property in Haverfordwest.   Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...

A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...

Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...

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

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

The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...

Unsafe gas appliances have been found in 21 per cent of privately-rented flats and houses according to Gas Safe Register.   Investigation data...

A buy to let investor has been fined £29,200 after being prosecuted for 56 offences in what a local authority describes...

The property industry is set to pledge its support to Gas Safety Week 2016, which starts today. The sixth annual event aims...

A fundamental part of any tenancy agreement is the tenant’s obligation to pay rent to live in the  property. In return,...

A 35-year-old self-employed worker from London has been given two suspended jail terms for falsely claiming to be Gas Safe Registered and signing off certificates for privately...

Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...

Highly publicised stories of property damage allegedly caused by short-let tenants using Airbnb and similar online platforms highlights the advantages of...

Investors and landlords are putting tenants’ lives at risk and could face a substantial fine for flouting gas safety law, according...

A leading trade body says it’s time for the private rental sector to take gas safety more seriously following a spate...

A landlord has received a suspended six month prison sentence after he ignored repeated warnings about arranging an annual gas safety...

The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...

An unregistered gas fitter has been received a suspended prison sentence for illegally installing a gas boiler and undertaking landlord’s gas...

A London landlord has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence after failing to have a gas boiler in a...

The operators of the Gas Safe registration scheme and a pivate rental sector lettings organisation are joining forces to promote gas...

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties.  Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...

The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...

A landlord has been fined a meagre £265 after a defective gas appliance was found to be in operation at his...

The Trading Standards Service has issued a warning to agents, landlords and consumers after independent tests on CO carbon monoxide alarms...

Who are you? I’m the managing director of Fixflo and before starting Fixflo I worked as a property lawyer in London and...