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Eight fledgling UK PropTech have been selected for the Propertymark-linked  REACH UK 2024 technology scale-up program. The REACH UK program, launched in March...

From this month, private tenants in Northern Ireland will have sufficient smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms installed in their homes for...

Agents and landlords are invited to what a council calls “an invaluable local conference where they can get free advice from...

A council has taken over powers for enforcement in the private rental sector - and it’s started off with a warning...

Letting agents and landlords are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council. Property owners and...

A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

The Law Society claims over 29,000 eviction claims in recent months leave “tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes.” The...

The regulatory body for the private rental sector in Wales is offering letting agents a course in how to be “anti-racist...

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

The Building Engineering Services Association has welcomed the new government’s commitment to reinforce the rules that require landlords and their agents...

A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...

Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...

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

Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...

Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...

Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...

Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...

Two webinars between now and General Election Day will seek to explain what the manifesto pledges mean for the lettings and...

Housing juggernaut Legal & General says it’s now half way through a £400m Build To Rent scheme in Wandsworth, south London. It...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched what it calls an “impartial”guide for landlords, investors and others buying or selling...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

A £300m transformation of part of Glasgow is continuing apace following the completion of a 346-unit Build To Rent scheme. The scheme,...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

Lettings agency giant Belvoir has struck a partnership with a PropTech firm majoring in inventories. InventoryBase Academy has been appointed as Belvoir's...

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

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

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 trade body representing the Build To Rent industry wants to recruit people from that sector to sit in its board. The...

A new survey from law firm Weightmans has found that only 24% of renters read tenancy agreements.  It says this is largely...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

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

A council has placed a Banning Order on a lettings agency operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation. Trophy Homes Ltd was hit...

HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...

Propertymark is urging member agents in Wales to attend a so-called Cultural Awareness Course which will explain their responsibilities under the...

Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...

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

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...

Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

Propertymark has pledged its support for the Good Landlord Charter initiated by Labour Mayor Andy Burnham but has urged for greater...

Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

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

Email and instant messaging contact details must be kept up to date for HMRC to contact agents about Anti-Money Laundering supervision. Propertymark...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

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

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

Propertymark is hosting a webinar where Scott Bailey - policy manager at the Home Office - will answer questions on Right...

Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

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

TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s  data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously.   The call comes...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

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

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...

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

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

Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...

A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...