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

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

Automated client accounting platform Lettspay is set to launch a new client account banking product for letting agents. The supplier has worked...

Trading Standards is reminding letting agents of their legal obligation to protect money they are holding on behalf of a client...

Property accreditation service safeagent has written to all of its agents in England urging them to check legal requirements when setting...

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

The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...

Research by deposit protection provider mydeposits has revealed that the average deposit paid has fallen year on year since the start...

PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...

Fifteen years ago Take That’s ‘Shine’ was at number one in the charts, ‘Mr Bean’s Holiday’ drew crowds into cinemas and...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...

Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...

A crackdown on letting agency websites by a Trading Standards team has found the significant majority of them to be breaking...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

An MP says he will raise with local police chiefs a series of claims from landlords and tenants concerning a lettings...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

The government says it is still considering applications to operate Client Money Protection schemes from April, despite approving five schemes so...

Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...

Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...

A lettings agency owner in Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and theft following a newspaper probe. Earlier this year...

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...

The chief executive of mydeposits has hit back at a Which? report calling for reform - or possibly even replacement -...

The government has produced new guidelines on setting up client money protection schemes for the private rented sector. They are evidently aimed...

It’s been revealed that a church is amongst those owed thousands of pounds by a letting agent who has gone to...

A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...

Countrywide - which is making the lettings sector a key part of its ‘back to basics’ programme - is proposing to...

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...

The government has announced that all letting agents will be required to “satisfy minimum training requirements” in order to trade. The provision...

A campaigning letting agent says that at the start of this financial year the total cash value of deposits held in...

Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

Letting agents using insured deposit protection schemes have been urged to switch to a custodial model in order to compensate for...

This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

The head of the parent firm of mydeposits is warning tenants and landlords tempted to enter into new ‘no-deposit’ schemes to...

A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...

Lettings agents have been issued fines totalling £14,100 by a local authority for failing to comply with consumer rights laws.   Officers from...

An industry body says more work must be done to reduce the number of tenancy deposit disputes, despite recent improvements.   The Association...

The number of tenancy deposit disputes reached a record high in 2015-16, but still represents only a fraction of all deposits. Figures...

Franchise agency Hunters is urging other letting agencies to become a SAFEagent to offer more secure services to landlords and tenants. “We’re...

Next week letting agents across the country will be taking part in the fifth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week. The event aims to...

Six letting agents have all pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud. The Ham & High says they were all employees of...

Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a summary of the 600 responses it has received to its recent...

A formal tenancy deposit dispute could be defused by something as basic as a simple conversation, says the Association of Independent...

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  Under the...

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  Under the...

Landlords could risk facing heavy fines if they fail to protect their tenants’ deposits before an important new deadline on June...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government’s controversial Deregulation Act, which is now in force, is creating critical new...

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...