Lettings
Second council to bring in blanket licensing of all rental homes
Barking and Dagenham to introduce borough-wide licensing in September
Lettings
Lettings
Private landlords should self-regulate – call
Debate continues over best way to police the private rented sector
Law
All tenants should be given ‘health warning’ on evictions, law firm says
Lawyers say every communication to a tenant should carry prominent eviction warning
Charity
New letting agents portal launches – with a charity bonus
Rent a Letting will give 15% of agents' listing fees to charity
Lettings
New call for letting agent regulation after two firms collapse
DPS chief says the only solution is to regulate letting agents
Lettings
Injured forces hero sets up letting agency
Government loan scheme helps former aircraft engineer to start up in business
Compliance
Letting agents named as receiving millions in housing benefit
Letting agents are among those who have received large sums of money in direct housing benefit payments, claim
Lettings
MP’s fresh attempt at regulation of letting agents
An MP has introduced a Bill in Parliament that would regulate letting agents
Lettings
More than one in three Right to Buy homes in London now rented out
More than one third of ex-council homes in London that were purchased at a discount under Right to Buy are now privately rented out
Compliance
Letting agent banned from running topless woman advert
A letting agent that used an image of a topless woman in a poster asking landlords if they would like to see "this level of exposure" for their properties has been told the advert must not be used