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

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

A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...

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

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group.  And...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

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

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

An agency is claiming a record for the sum at which it is letting a seven bedroom property in north London. Aston...

A new tool is being marketed by industry supplier Landmark with the claim that it helps agents “assess climate change risk.” The...

The law is clear – agencies in England, Scotland and Wales need a valid client money protection (CMP) policy to protect...

The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...

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

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...

Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent.  Chief...

Trading Standards is describing a penalty imposed on a London letting agent as “a landmark” after the company failed to comply...

The Lettings Industry Council, a group of rental industry chiefs, has joined with other property professionals to reveal what they see...

Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...

PropTech supplier Goodlord is to host a webinar on Thursday answering letting agents' questions onthe implications of the landmark ruling on...

The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

The ESTAS has announced another partner for its awards ceremony later this month. It’s customer rewards service Vaboo, which will be presenting...

A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

A lettings agent has expressed his amazement after an emotional LinkedIn post about paying himself a salary for the first time...

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

Two lettings agencies are amongst three property agents which have been fined by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering...

An industry partner has donated more than £10,000 to local charities and community good causes over the past 18 months. Former journalist...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...

Agents Together, the agency charity set up by Purplebricks and Boomin founders Michael and Kenny Bruce, says it’s hit an important...

A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway.  A statement from the National Trading Standards...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure...

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord.  In a case brought by Telford...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

Flatfair, which describes itself as the UK’s fastest-growing tenancy deposit alternative, has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category of the...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector has snapped up a site in a major city centre...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

One of the biggest and earliest companies investing in Britain’s fast-growing Build To Rent sector has expanded its partnership with one...

Many agents are missing out on significant time saving opportunities when it comes to their floor plans say Landmark, parent of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Floor plan software provider Metropix celebrated their win at The ESTAS on Friday by announcing an upcoming landmark. Having scooped the “Best...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes. In...

Average UK rents fell in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures show that the average UK rent on...

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 according to the Deposit Protection Service’s figures for the...

Sigma, a Build To Rent developer, has completed and let its 1,000th rental home - a symbol of this fast-growing part...

A letting agency has been removed from a Scottish council’s approved list after failing to conform with rules protecting the deposits...

A lettings agency has become the first in Scotland to be sanctioned for breaching rules that secure the deposits of its...

It is now thought that the likely average payout to each buy to let borrower affected by this week’s court decision...

A landmark court ruling against the West Bromwich building society has come down in favour of buy to let investors.  The case...

A landlord has been prosecuted for both illegal sub-letting and illegal eviction at the same time - an occurrence which is...

A firm which claims to be London's fastest growing letting agency has opened its fifteenth branch. Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings' latest...

A landmark court case heard in the Midlands is believed to be the first to issue a Criminal Behaviour Order on...

It's in the bag for Karl Tatler, who runs his lettings and sales business on the Wirral. He has enterprisingly marked this...

The publication Environmental Health News has secured the release of files showing the details of hundreds of convicted private landlords in...

The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...

Leaders has acquired Home Counties estate agency Aston Mead in a deal which brings it additional branches in two new areas,...