Compliance
Police probe estate and letting agency firm after sudden closure
Police confirm they are at early stage of inquiry looking into allegations
Lettings
Law
Tenants ‘could run small bed and breakfasts’ in landlord properties
Lawyer Tess Shepperson says there could be some advantages to change in sub-letting rules
Compliance
Agents help taxman recover record amount in unpaid landlord taxes
More than £20m recovered from landlords with help of letting agents
Lettings
Agents praised for support of Boris’s lettings scheme
Enthusiastic take-up of London Rental Standard, says Boris, as 307 agents sign up
Lettings
New buy-to-let property portal gets set to launch
New site will list yields and type of rental property ahead of pensions reforms
Compliance
Feeble feedback as CMA asks for comments on poorer tenants
Regulator's deadline for comments next week – but only three replies so far
Compliance
Agent demands information after asking about deposit schemes
Tenancy deposit schemes react very differently to request for information
Lettings
Worries mount over ‘catastrophic’ plans to allow sub-letting
Landlord would desert sector, warning
Lettings
New Government-backed lettings portal dismisses ‘misunderstandings’
Local councils say they are not running taxpayer-funded site for profit
Lettings
Average rent jumps and arrears rise
Rental sector supporting weight of housing crisis, says LSL's Adrian Gill
Lettings
Budget surprise for rented sector – all tenants to be allowed to sub-let
Thin on detail but Government's plans are in the small print of Budget
Compliance
Less and less interest paid out to tenants by custodial deposit scheme
Falling figures reflect low interest rates and changes made to contract with DPS
Lettings
Local authorities go ahead with landlord licensing schemes despite clampdown
Liverpool and Croydon set to implement selective licensing schemes
Lettings
Six in ten landlords to quit PRS if rent controls are brought in
Major agent warns of mass exodus of landlords
Lettings
Belvoir warns of consequences if Labour win power
Franchisees asked to tell landlords and tenants about likely result of fees ban and rent caps
Lettings
Government-funded letting portal spells out that agents can use it
Scottish portal backed by Government changes its Terms and Conditions
Law
New guide for tenants pre-empts law on revenge evictions
Tenants told how to identify hazards in a rental property
Lettings
Housing minister moves to curb new PRS licensing schemes
Lewis condemns blanket schemes such as Southwark and Liverpool as unfair
Compliance
Scam alert over tenancy deposits scheme
Tenants told by bogus website to wire deposit payments to account
Compliance
New redress scheme reaches 3,000 mark
Scheme run by insurance firm says most letting agents now compliant