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

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

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

Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in today - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

OnTheMarket says it’s the first major UK portal to offer a dedicated contact form for Scottish Home Reports. When a property is...

Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...

CRM business platform Reapit has partnered with PropTech platform Notify to announce a software integration that claims to simplify utilities registration...

A PropTech referencing service is claiming to offer agents a new revenue stream during void periods.  Vouch says it has created a...

A London-focussed lettings agency group has paid £2,000 as a result of breaching the Tenant Fees Act. The issue relates to the...

A new maintenance management app connecting agents and their tenants allows the tracking of repairs. Refectio compiles tenants’ faults onto a dashboard,...

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant,...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

One of the housing ministers with responsibility for the introduction of the controversial Renters Reform Bill in the near future has...

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

The huge backlog of eviction and other cases anticipated in the coming months will be helped by the creation of a...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...

The government has outlined new court procedures to address the expected backlog of cases when eviction proceedings resume on August 24. For...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising member companies to file their accounts on time in order to remain transparent...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of deposit alternative scheme flatfair in a dispute which began with a complaint...

The owner of two properties has been fined £35,000 for breaches of the selective licensiing regime in his local area.  At a...

A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...

The best lettings agents will survive and shine through the ban of fees levied on tenants, which comes into effect this weekend. The...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...

Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £452 after he breached the terms of his licence in an area of County...

Renee Wells, on behalf of Just Landlords, has compiled a list of what letting agents can do to ensure that tenants...

Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...

Airbnb’s new protocol seeking to stop London hosts short-letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without formal consent,...

Failing to pay rent on time or at all is the most common rule broken by tenants that is set out...

A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...

Landlords should make sure they are regularly checking their property to ensure tenants are not subletting without permission. Staying on top of...

Tenant Shop, which currently assists around 1,000 letting agents manage utilities and media for their properties, has relocated and aims to...

A Tory MP is today introducing a Bill that will make it much easier for authorities to identify criminal landlords. The measure...

The Residential Landlords Association says some agents and landlords may be required to notify the National Measurement and Regulation Office regarding...