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Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...

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

The new Labour government has a “golden opportunity its” to resolve the rental crisis, but must give clarity to the industry...

Inventory supplier No Letting Go is offering clients open access to its bespoke property reporting software, known as Kaptur. The allows agents...

A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...

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

Fines totalling £108,000 have been issued to letting agents and landlords breaching HMO rules in part of London.  An additional HMO licensing...

A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...

The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...

The Property Franchise Group, which calls itself the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor, says its merging with lettings giant Belvoir has...

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

The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...

Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...

Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

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

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation.  Propertymark has...

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

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

A new borough-wide landlord licensing scheme is set to launch in the London borough of Brent on April 1, the council...

Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer.   The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...

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

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

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

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

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

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

Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

Agents, landlords and others’ views are being sought in a consultation on proposals to introduce a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property.  If it goes ahead it will be...

A lettings agency has initiated new systems to ensure there is no repeat of a mistake that left some client properties...

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

Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...

A prominent housing expert has told MPs that letting agents could be used to police the standards off homes made available...

PropTech firm Kamma - which specialises in information about landlord licensing - has inked another partnership. This latest link is with Goodlord.  Kamma’s...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...

Long established property business Newton Letting is rebranding as Rosevale Letting, following the conclusion of a licensing period. Former Newton employee, Riccardo...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...

Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...

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

Two massive new rental licensing schemes are set to be approved in Brighton - and part of the reason is “uninterested...

There’s to be a consultation this autumn about a proposed selective licensing regime in Scarborough. The proposal covers parts of the Castle,...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

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

Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...

PropTech Kamma has entered into a partnership with agency and consultancy JLL. This means JLL’s UK residential agents will have access to...

The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

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

Buy to let investors who want to convert family homes into HMOs in Hounslow for three to six tenants will now...

An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

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 has told letting agents to ‘get a move on’ as it admits there’s been a slow start to its...

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

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

A left-leaning think tank which says it champions ‘left-behind Londoners’ is demanding a turbo-charged version of selective licensing to be run...

Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...

Letting agents have a final chance today to have their say on a consultation into a newly proposed licensing scheme for...

Foxtons is to give its agents access to a compliance management and checking service. Fran Giltinan, Managing Director - Property Management &...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

It already looks like 2023 is on track to see licensing fines for agents and landlords reaching nearly double the 2022...

Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...

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

A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...

Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...

Knight Frank is partnering with licensing compliance firm Kamma. The growth of discretionary licensing schemes across the 408 local authorities in the...

An all-party and influential committee of MPs says the UK should be put on a war footing to improve the energy...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove outlining its concerns about the latest licensing scheme proposal from a local council. The...

It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...

A London borough is tomorrow holding an online training session for agents and landlords on how to submit a licence application...

A new licensing scheme for HMOs, agreed by leaders of Portsmouth council, will be implemented from September 1 2023. Licensing of HMOs...

A senior Savills figure, who chairs the trade body known as The Lettings Industry Council, has issued a warning to the...

Airbnb-style short-lets in another part of Scotland are to be subject to new licensing rules. The scheme, introduced by the Scottish Government,...

Over the next three months Redbridge council in London is consulting on proposals to renew selective licensing in the borough. It says...

A scheme which some regard as the most controversial landlord licensing regime in the country is coming under scrutiny. Labour councillors on...

A lettings agent has taken the surprising step of encouraging tenants to seek compensation if their landlords fail to abide by...

Wandsworth council in south London is considering a review into the feasibility of introducing discretionary landlord licencing. A statement from the authority...