Compliance
Compulsory redress for letting agents moves closer
Agents who don't comply risk £5,000 fines – but will it be policed?
Lettings
Lettings
Labour loses new attempt at letting fees ban
MPs also vote against 'idiotic' rent controls but Tory minister says there are 'greedy' agents
Law
Immigration checks could be legal nightmare for agents, warning
Question of whether agent or landlord is liable has not yet been resolved, says lawyer
Lettings
Another council set to introduce blanket licensing
Croydon becomes latest authority aiming to clamp down on private rented homes
Lettings
MPs told by researchers: letting fees ‘extortionate’
New briefing paper tells MPs of all parties that fees can be 'staggering'
Lettings
Letting agent working at coalface of poverty scoops top award
Castledene named Letting Agent of Year – and Outstanding Achievement goes to Valerie Bannister
Law
Six in ten eviction notices have errors, claim
Landlords and agents routinely making basic errors in paperwork
Lettings
Stop saying PRS is in crisis, politicians told
Rents have barely moved all year across the UK, so why the fuss?
Law
Mother and daughter letting agents in court battle
Pair counter-sue each other after fall-out over maternity pay
Agency
How far should agents go to help tenants at weekend?
What would YOU do when faced with a similar problem?
Lettings
DPS says it is UK’s biggest provider of tenancy deposit protection
Average tenancy now lasts 22 months and deposit is nearly £900
Lettings
Politicians ‘must take note of two lettings markets’
Belvoir flags up 'polar' differences between London and other regions
Lettings
One tenancy deposit scheme costs taxpayers millions
Bill for Deposit Protection Scheme comes to over £42m, housing minister tells MPs
Lettings
For Sale by Tender wins reprieve from MPs
But letting agent fees must come out of the closet after Labour MP's "loo" taunt
Lettings
Only 7% would use online agent but many unsure
Landlords and tenants unsure over choice of agent – but many decide on cost
Law
‘Beds in shed’ landlord faces £200,000 bill or jail
Rent ordered to be repaid under Proceeds of Crime Act
Lettings
Short-term rentals could be business opportunity
London lets of under three months will no longer need planning permission
Agency
More landlords are selling up, says ARLA
Tenants struggle to find somewhere to live as rental supply dwindles
Law
Council takes over HMO from private landlord
Atrocious conditions, says authority, yet tenants turned up at court to support landlord