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We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

Agencies and other businesses are to receive help facing soaring energy costs in measures outlined this morning by the government. Through a...

In a late night announcement it was confirmed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that Lee Rowley MP...

Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - but at this stage it’s...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - A statement from...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

The Letting Partnership has been recognised for its excellence in Innovation, winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The supplier’s HealthChecks are widely...

Some lettings industry figures are beginning to express doubt as to whether the government’s broad commitment to reform the private rental...

The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...

The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

It appears that the Renters Reform Bill - a key measure in the 2019 Conservative General Election manifesto - has been...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

The Renters’ Reform Bill worries many in the private rental sector but the government says there is still no date for...

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...

A leasehold campaigner has called on the Queen to end her support for what he calls the UK's “feudal leasehold system” by changing the...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has repeated his criticism of the government’s decision to cap security deposits at the level of...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

A leading trade body says a cap on damage deposits paid by tenants - as proposed by the government - could...

The government has revealed that it has received over 4,700 responses to its official consultation over the proposed ban on letting...

A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...

The Prime Minister has confirmed that her minority Conservative government will press ahead with the ban on letting agents’ fees levied...

The controversial Right To Rent, which obliges letting agents and landlords to check the right of prospective tenants to live in...

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has signed up its first institutional member from the Build To Rent sector. Get Living London...

A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...