Lettings
More licensing schemes come into force
Barking and Dagenham introduces blanket licensing after massive growth in PRS
Lettings
Compliance
Grass your dodgy letting agent or landlord, public told
Local authority launches new confidential helpline today
Law
Waiting goes on – no date yet for compulsory letting agents’ redress
CLG yet to make formal announcement on timing of 'significant milestone'
Lettings
Anti-fees campaigners warned as rents rise after ban
Two years after ban, rents in Scotland are rising faster than anywhere else in Britain
Lettings
Rents in shared houses ‘more than tenants can afford’
Cheapest form of renting costs more – and strains tenants' budgets
Law
Letting agents DO have duty to disclose commissions paid to them
Agents who fail to disclose risk losing all of the money they receive
Lettings
Rents shoot up in Scotland ‘but not because of fees ban’
New rents up 10% north of the border compared with 4.4% over UK as a whole
Agency
How to market a lettings agency – and it’s a masterclass
This video is charming and clever. A must watch!
Lettings
Rents rise marginally ahead of inflation for first time in 14 months
But the rise of 0.1% is negligible
Compliance
Letting agent hit with £3,000 bill after failing to arrange gas safety check
Firm served with notice a year ago pleads guilty
Lettings
Evictions are only ever a last resort, says RLA
Association hits out at claims that landlords routinely carry out 'revenge evictions'
Law
Letting agent could face jail if he breaks court enforcement order
Link to order must be given on agent's website – even if he sets up new business
Lettings
Concerns grow as Government cuts it fine on immigration checks
Carter Jonas head of lettings hits out at confused Home Office guidance
Lettings
Quarter of tenants admit to paying rent late
Six in ten say they have broken their tenancy agreements
Law
Letting agent paedophile in new courtroom battle
Agent used his position to abuse vulnerable teenage boys
Law
Landlords must pay £65,970 after Proceeds of Crime case or go to jail
Pair ignored order and carried on renting out dangerous house even after admitting guilt in court
Compliance
Property Ombudsman calls on all letting agents to have CMP
'The more the industry speaks out about this, the better' says TPO chief
Compliance
Letting agents prosecuted and warned by council on warpath
Newham prosecutes two firms, is set to take five more to court, and investigates 32 others