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While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...

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

Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...

Angela Rayner has been appointed Levelling Up Secretary with responsibility for housing - a role she has in addition to being...

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

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

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

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

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

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

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...

An agency has been fined by a London council for failing to licence a property it was managing. Gracechurch Property Services has...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...

The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning.  Dutton Gregory’s...

The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...

It appears that a “wider range of behaviours” are likely to be taken into account in future when tenants are considered...

Propertymark has set out the case for an increase in benefits for private tenants. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's Head of Policy and Campaigns...

A fraudster lettings agent must repay £122,922.68 to her old firm within three months - or face yet more time in...

What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...

A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

A lettings agency has been accused of falsely claiming deposits were being held in a deposit protection scheme and other related...

The first Women in Estate Agency conference has been a sell out.  Over 250 people from across the industry attended the day-long...

An estate agency has been prosecuted and ordered to pay £35,000 for falling foul of property licensing rules. Green House Estate Agents...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

A former lettings manager has pleaded guilty to defrauding her agency employers for almost five years - but there’s uncertainty over...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to four offences which involved the creation of fake letting agencies in order to help him...

A survey among letting agents on Rightmove has found that on average they are managing 36 enquiries per property and spending...

The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...

A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched.   Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...

An agent operating an HMO on Deeside without a licence and breaking other housing laws has been fined £28,000. Flintshire council carried...

Propertymark is calling on letting agents to share their thoughts and experiences on the impact of Airbnb and other short lets.  At...

The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...

Pre-booking is now open for what organisers call the year’s most exciting lettings event - Agent Rainmaker Live. Last year premier seats...

More than one in eight private renters may miss out on support to cope with rising energy costs, Citizens Advice claims.  The...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

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

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...

There may be a breakthrough in clearing the huge backlog of possession cases as the government is allocating an extra £324m...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...

Letting agents using rent protection and legal expenses insurance via Goodlord will have their rent protected until vacant possession, with no cap...

A London lettings agency - that has now entered bankruptcy - has been cleared of any involvement in a rental scandal...

A lettings agent has been jailed for three years for defrauding tenants and landlords out of more than £182,000.  Lee Clarke, 42,...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

A bizarre fine imposed on a managing agent by a local authority appears to have been reversed because the council flouted...

An analysis of the Mayor of London’s Rogue Landlord and Letting Agent Checker shows that since it was introduced in 2018...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...

A letting agent has been fined £11,500 for breaking HMO houses and fire safety rules at a property he manages. Agent Benjamin...

A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...

Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully...

The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...

An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind an idea from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to create a mediation service to arbitrate in...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...

A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...

A fake lettings agent has been caught trying to cheat prospective tenants out of £1,500 which she claimed was a deposit...

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

The Law Society has set out exactly what the extension of the eviction ban, announced on Friday, means to agents, landlords...

A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000.  Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

Two Bristol landlords have been ordered to repay nearly £5,000 following investigations by the council’s so called rogue landlord unit. One, Lucy...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

What appears to be the first court adjournment of an eviction case caused by the Coronavirus outbreak has happened - raising...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...