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The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

An executive with four decades of experience in the insurance sector has joined the board of accreditation service safeagent as a...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

safeagent, the UK’s largest not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, has appointed John Midgley as chair of its board...

The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

A lettings and property management platform has broken ranks with much of the industry over the Renters Reform Bill.  While most agents...

A second lettings sector body is demanding government action over the problem of client account closures. Accreditation service Safeagent says the government...

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

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

An accreditation scheme says the government database of rogue letting agents should be expanded.  The government is committed to creating a new Property...

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

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...

Effective enforcement is crucial to stamp out rogue lettings agents and protect consumers says safeagent. In the latest edition of its Effective...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

As energy costs continue to rise, agents are being urged to promote the use of smart meters. That’s the view of Safeagent...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and safeagent have announced two new e-learning modules for letting agents and landlords. The modules, which form...

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies.  The new...

A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

The safeagent accreditation business says it has helped secure the conviction of a rogue lettings agent who falsely claimed membership of...

Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...

The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...

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

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent has partnered with Landlord Accreditation Scotland to provide specialist training for agents north of the border.  LAS is...

Trade organisations including the Association of Residential Letting Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has rebranded as safeagent.  NALS has helped coordinate the safeagent campaign since 2011, focussing during that time...

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

As part of SAFEagent Awareness Week, which finishes today, letting agents have been provided with a free webinar covering compliance. The webinar...

Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...

Consumers' money remains at risk until April 1 2019 is the key message of this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week. Over the next...

The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...

Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...

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

This week, thousands of letting agents will be taking part in SAFEagent Awareness Week 2017. Agents taking part in the event –...

SAFEagent, the kitemark scheme for agents offering Client Money Protection, has backed the National Approved Lettings Scheme's (NALS) call for a...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is the latest industry body to back the Government's review of mandatory Client Money...

Lettings agents are being invited to take part in a national online survey launching today and seeking to get an industry-wide...

Another major organisation within the private rental sector has thrown its weight behind mandatory Client Money Protection for letting agents in the...

Several influential industry bodies have thrown their weight behind a review into whether Client Money Protection should be mandatory for letting...

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...

Compulsory client money protection kitemark organisation SAFEagent says the lettings industry should be making public just how much is paid out...

SAFEagent is calling on the government to use the passage of the Housing Bill through Parliament to make a Client Money...

Nominations for Labour’s deputy leadership race close at midday today with Stella Creasy, an MP who has campaigned fiecely against letting...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the CMA's...

As this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week draws to a close today and thousands of agents have been raising the profile of...

This week over 3,000 letting agents from across the UK will be taking part in the fourth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week...