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The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

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...

The time taken to introduce legislation reforming the private rented sector is triggering an exodus of landlords, a lettings industry chief...

TecLet, the software platform business now rebranding as part of OnTheMarket Software, has been updated to accommodate radical changes to the...

Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...

The chief executive of industry accreditation service Safeagent has made another plea for unity within the private rental sector. In a response...

Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...

ARLA Propertymark says a new government online checker to help private tenants establish what repairs they may be entitled to should...

The government has launched an online checker in a bid to avoid disputes between landlords and tenants over the entitlement for...

A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...

The government has beefed up its support for councils identifying and prosecuting rogue landlords. Yesterday the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

The latest report for the rental sector by the TDS Charitable Foundation calls for greater cooperation between property professionals and tenants...

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

An online toolkit for tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland with funding...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

MPs want a review of laws surrounding private rental standards, including councils having the right to confiscate buy to let properties...

A leading buy to let expert is calling on agents to work more closely with landlords and tenants to improve communications...

An initiative between the Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation will help charities and other organisations offer...

A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has announced that it has joined forces with the Gas Safe Register to provide...

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