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03 September 2024
From: Breaking News
From this month, private tenants in Northern Ireland will have sufficient smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms installed in their homes for...
03 September 2024
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Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...
02 September 2024
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Propertymark is lobbying Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to suggest that letting agents have a vital role to...
30 August 2024
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Agents and landlords are invited to what a council calls “an invaluable local conference where they can get free advice from...
30 August 2024
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Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...
29 August 2024
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Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...
27 August 2024
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A council has taken over powers for enforcement in the private rental sector - and it’s started off with a warning...
27 August 2024
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Propertymark is inviting letting agents to find out more about the latest legislative changes at one of its upcoming regional conferences. As...
23 August 2024
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A council says it’s secured the first banning order in its area, securing a stop on a rogue letting agent renting...
21 August 2024
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Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...
20 August 2024
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has appointed Victor Olowe as the chair of its new Valuation Assurance Committee. Oluwe is a...
14 August 2024
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A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...
05 August 2024
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Propertymark is today launching a consultation exercise, seeking the views of lettings and sales agents - amongst others - about Material Information...
02 August 2024
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Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...
24 July 2024
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Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...
24 July 2024
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A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...
16 July 2024
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The trade union UNISON has partnered with activist group Generation Rent to demand root-and-branch reform of the private rental sector. Four key...
16 July 2024
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ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...
15 July 2024
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Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the...
15 July 2024
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There’s a call from a prominent international building science service for the new Labour government to review the Energy Performance Certificates. EPCs...
10 July 2024
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The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...
05 July 2024
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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...
04 July 2024
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Fines totalling £108,000 have been issued to letting agents and landlords breaching HMO rules in part of London. An additional HMO licensing...
02 July 2024
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Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark. She says her role as President...
28 June 2024
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A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...
27 June 2024
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A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...
24 June 2024
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Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...
21 June 2024
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Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...
19 June 2024
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A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...
14 June 2024
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Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...
14 June 2024
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Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...
14 June 2024
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Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 June 2024
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A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...
13 June 2024
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Inventory services supplier No Letting Go and my deposits have announced a strategic partnership. The partners claim the deal with combine reports...
13 June 2024
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The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...
07 June 2024
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Software company COHO has presented wards to agencies, suppliers and individuals involved in the HMO business. The firm says the awards honour...
07 June 2024
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A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...
05 June 2024
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Citra Living, the Build To Rent offshoot of Lloyds Banking Group, continues with its growth strategy into the private rental sector. Citra...
04 June 2024
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The Property Institute - a body for the residential property management sector - has announced the appointment of a Labour baroness...
04 June 2024
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PropTech platform Goodlord has partnered with safety certificate provider Safe2 to offer compliance work for the lettings sector. Safe2 - recently acquired...
04 June 2024
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Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...
22 May 2024
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A low profile family company called the Griffin Property Company has acquired Emoov, the online agency which was a pioneering name...
22 May 2024
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Lettings agency giant Belvoir has struck a partnership with a PropTech firm majoring in inventories. InventoryBase Academy has been appointed as Belvoir's...
20 May 2024
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As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...
17 May 2024
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A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...
17 May 2024
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Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent. NTSELAT has...
17 May 2024
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The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...
17 May 2024
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Letting agents believe Help to Buy has been the most positive influence to the property market in recent times, while on...
16 May 2024
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The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...
15 May 2024
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Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...
13 May 2024
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Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank. Average rents...
08 May 2024
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A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties. A...
07 May 2024
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The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...
30 April 2024
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Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...
30 April 2024
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The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...
29 April 2024
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Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...
26 April 2024
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A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...
26 April 2024
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There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...
24 April 2024
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A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...
23 April 2024
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Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...
23 April 2024
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Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
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Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...
17 April 2024
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The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...
12 April 2024
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A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...
11 April 2024
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Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...
11 April 2024
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Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members. HMLR launched a consultation last month as...
10 April 2024
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A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group. And...
09 April 2024
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There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
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Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Consisting...
05 April 2024
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Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
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Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation. Propertymark has...
02 April 2024
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A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...
02 April 2024
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A new borough-wide landlord licensing scheme is set to launch in the London borough of Brent on April 1, the council...
27 March 2024
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A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...
26 March 2024
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The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...
25 March 2024
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The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...
22 March 2024
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...
19 March 2024
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Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
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The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...
18 March 2024
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There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...
18 March 2024
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The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...
13 March 2024
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Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...
11 March 2024
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Propertymark has pledged its support for the Good Landlord Charter initiated by Labour Mayor Andy Burnham but has urged for greater...
11 March 2024
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Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer. The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...
07 March 2024
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Karen Stanley of Stanley Strategic Consultants, and Filomena Crolla of Domus Stay are the first students to pass the highest level...
27 February 2024
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Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...
22 February 2024
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Belvoir Group has linked up with Propertymark in a deal which they say will “help further improve standards and enhance financial...
14 February 2024
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Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...
09 February 2024
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The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...
06 February 2024
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Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 February 2024
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New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...
02 February 2024
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The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...
01 February 2024
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The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
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Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...
26 January 2024
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Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
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The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...
25 January 2024
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Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...