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At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...
23 June 2022
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A prominent letting agency on the south coast of England, Mishon Mackay, says PropTech is allowing it to offer a unique...
26 May 2022
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It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...
29 March 2022
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Industry supplier FocalAgent has launched the National Property Photography Awards. Its network of over 1,000 professional photographers submit shots each month: those...
15 December 2021
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A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
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When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...
20 September 2021
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Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Letting Agent Today stories)? Who are these people and...
08 September 2021
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A lettings agency has apologised after a campaign by activists about the condition of a rental property it manages. Protesters outside the...
13 July 2021
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The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...
09 June 2021
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Agents are being warned about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding rental property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest provider of...
07 May 2021
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Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...
19 April 2021
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Essex Police Force has tweeted a pair of photographs that go to prove agents should check a property before going on a...
17 February 2021
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A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...
11 February 2021
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With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...
11 September 2020
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Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...
03 September 2020
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Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...
20 August 2020
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A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...
03 August 2020
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A new floorpan tool has been launched which its founder claims to be “quicker and easier to use” than predecessors. Agents can add...
29 July 2020
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The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...
24 June 2020
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Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13. Propertymark...
25 May 2020
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For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...
20 May 2020
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A PropTech firm is making its Covid-19 functionality free to use for agents, landlords and tenants facing challenges in accessing properties. Launched...
21 April 2020
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For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...
09 April 2020
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An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At...
01 April 2020
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A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...
17 February 2020
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A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...
20 January 2020
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Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...
09 December 2019
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The owner of two properties has been fined £35,000 for breaches of the selective licensiing regime in his local area. At a...
02 December 2019
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Don’t even think how quickly Christmas has come around again: it’s already December so we imagine many offices will be getting...
02 December 2019
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A landlord who made a perverted request to take photographs of a teenager in her underwear has had his request for...
29 October 2019
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Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...
18 June 2019
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Lettings agency Northwood has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority to ensure that photographs of a specific property are updated...
03 April 2019
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The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...
23 January 2019
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High-profile buy to let mortgage lender LendInvest says it’s going to allow applicants to prove their ID online via photographs. It’s working...
13 July 2018
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It's now less than 10 days before the BBC's annual Children In Need charity fund-raising event. We all support the charity's great...
08 November 2017
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You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...
20 October 2017
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With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
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**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...
03 July 2017
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A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...
23 February 2017
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Halloween's over, Guy Fawkes' Night has been and gone - now it's a slide through the Awards season and downhill to...
08 November 2016
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Repair reporting platform Fixflo has integrated with inventory firm No Letting Go's letting agent reporting software Kaptur. The integration means Kaptur will now...
20 September 2016
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Cleaning is the number one cause of disputes in the private rental sector since the introduction of tenant deposit protection in...
30 August 2016
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An experiment by an online agency and an interiors firm suggests professionally shot pictures of a furnished flat will generate six...
04 August 2016
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When renting out a property, most landlords choose to take a deposit from their tenant prior to the tenancy starting. The...
29 July 2016
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A Twitter campaign has been launched under the hashtag ventyourrent to expose what its users claim are the “rip off” rent...