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

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

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

The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...

Not for profit accreditation service safeagent has seen two of its lettings qualifications officially recognised by exam watchdog Ofqual.  Safeagent as an...

A new lettings regime that is described as the biggest change in many decades comes into effect tomorrow in Wales, with...

Officials from the Welsh Government and the head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent team are to address...

A prominent Welsh Conservative politician has called for a reform of the strict measures imposed on the private rental sector in...

Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...

The ARLA Propertymark president for the year ahead is a long-standing board member with significant experience in regulation. Angela Davey succeeds Phil...

Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...

A leading trade body is voicing concern over yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme - with particular worry over...

ARLA Propertymark has named Angela Davey as president elect, following Richard Selwyn stepping down last year due to personal circumstances. Davey has...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...

safeagent’s Rent Smart Wales training course has been given the scheme’s top ‘High Assurance’ rating following its latest audit. Rent Smart Wales,...

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act - which bans fees levied by agents and landlords on tenants - comes into...

It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...

The Renting Homes (Fees etc) (Wales) Bill passed its final hurdle in the Welsh Assembly yesterday evening. This has similar policies to...

The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...

A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...

Landlords in Wales who manage their own properties are being reminded that they must submit their licence application to Rent Smart...

Rent Smart Wales says it is “heartening” that there has been a substantial recent rise in the number of agents, properties...

There has been another prosecution under the controversial Rent Smart Wales regulations - although this time the landlord in question was...

Rent Smart Wales, the licensing and training regime which is now a year old, has taken an agent and a landlord...

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association.   RLA Wales policy officer...

A buy to let investor who ignored the controversial Rent Smart Wales scheme faces a bill of more than £3,500 for...

The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...

A Newport landlord has been fined £4,400 for operating a dangerous, unlicensed house in multiple occupation and failing to comply with...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has launched a new course which it describes as “ground-breaking” and which allows candidates to become...

Agents and landlords with properties in Wales have been reminded they could be breaking the law if they're not signed up to...

ARLA Propertymark and the Residential Landlords Association have written to the Welsh Government seeking a meeting to discuss a possible ban...

The controversial Welsh private lettings sector scheme called Rent Smart Wales had around 65 per cent of agents and landlords register...

Rent Smart Wales, a controversial scheme that require letting agents to be trained, comes into effect today after a troubled lead...

The Residential Landlords Association has roasted the enforcement policies and provisions for the controversial Rent Smart Wales initiative which begins in...

Only just over two weeks remain for letting agents and landlords operating in Wales to register with the Rent Smart Wales...

With just nine weeks to go before the deadline, only a small proportion of Welsh agents and landlords have registered for...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has announced the details of a workshop for Welsh letting agents, taking place in July. The event...

The 1,000th person has been trained as part of Rent Smart Wales, the compulsory scheme that says it aims to raise...

New licence fees for letting and managing agents have been announced by Rent Smart Wales, the Welsh Government’s registration and licensing scheme which...

Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...

Rent Smart Wales has approved the three NFOPP awarding body qualifications in lettings, which allow agents to become approved Rent Smart...

A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...

Rent Smart Wales, the new registration and licensing system in Wales, launches on Monday - and it represents a major change...

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The new registration and licensing requirements under Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 will be launched on November 23,...

A letting agent is warning of apparently inaccurate information being sent out as part of a new agent and landlord accreditation...

It now appears that new legislation covering the private rental sector in Wales will involve mandatory training for letting agents as...

Every landlord in Wales will have to undertake ‘training’ and be licensed under new rules coming into effect this autumn. In a...