Tag: Letting Agents

Propertymark calls for better landlord support in Wales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2024, 2 years ago | 1

Propertymark is urging the Welsh Government to learn from Scotland’s experience with legislative changes in the private rented sector (PRS)...

Landlords see a huge rise in Right to Rent fines

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2024, 2 years ago | 19

Landlords and letting agents in England have been hit with a significant rise in fines for failing to comply with...

Letting agents believe the government is ‘out of touch’ on housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th March 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The survey of 160 agents by Goodlord, found that 75% of respondents doubted the government’s understanding of the sector’s challenges....

Edinburgh, Bradford and London have the best letting agents, tenants say

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th February 2024, 3 years ago | 0

Tenants in Edinburgh, Bradford and London are the most satisfied with their letting agents, according to a new survey by...

London’s letting agents face the most competition and the highest demand

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2024, 3 years ago | 0

London and Wales have seen the biggest rise in letting agent numbers in the past year, with a 4% increase...

Industry body calls for crackdown on unregulated letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

An industry body is warning that action must be taken to regulate property agents. Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary...

Campaign to stop ‘unfair’ letting agent renewal fees is launched

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2023, 3 years ago | 12

A property-tech lettings company says high street letting agents are charging landlords up to £1bn a year in unfair renewal...

MPs urged to bring confidence to landlords with Renters (Reform) Bill’s second reading

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2023, 3 years ago | 17

The slow progress of the Renters (Reform) Bill has created confusion and made landlords worry about the prospects of the...

RICS survey reveals rising rents and falling house prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th October 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The UK’s housing market is facing a tough time, with the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

Scottish government rent control proposals slammed by expert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2023, 3 years ago | 4

The Scottish government’s recently launched consultation on a range of issues affecting the private rented sector (PRS), including rent controls...

Rental market frenzy: Tenants face 25 enquiries per property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th October 2023, 3 years ago | 8

The rental market in the UK is experiencing a frenzy of activity, as letting agents report an average of 25...

Updated ‘How to Rent’ guide launched next month

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2023, 3 years ago | 4

An updated version of the ‘How to Rent’ guide will be published next month with details of the new Housing...

Landlords and agents need more detail about the Renters (Reform) Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th August 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The government needs to offer more details about its proposed Renters (Reform) Bill to landlords and agents so they can...

Clarity required for replacement tenant?

Author: Readers Question

9th August 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Hello, we are the landlord of a student HMO. The tenancy has been signed for the upcoming year but one...

Landlord told to act as guarantor in bizarre twist

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th August 2023, 3 years ago | 12

In a strange situation, a letting agency has asked a landlord to be a guarantor for their own tenants. This...

Am I still a guarantor?

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2023, 3 years ago | 47

Hi, a bit of of advice needed. I was a guarantor on an AST for 6 months and at the...

Agents say the Renters (Reform) Bill is their biggest worry

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th June 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The Renters (Reform) Bill is the primary concern for letting agents with a flood of worried calls to an industry...

Can letting agent increase fees without agreement?

Author: Readers Question

1st June 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Hello, I have a property which is rented out via a letting agent with full management service. The current agreement...

Letting agents who ban children are breaking equality rules – ombudsman

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd March 2023, 3 years ago | 27

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a blanket ban on letting a property to a family with children is discriminatory...

Letting agents predict rise in arrears and drop in landlord numbers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2023, 4 years ago | 1

Most letting agents say they expect to see more landlords leave the market in 2023 – against a backdrop of...

Housing market will be hit by strike action at Registers of Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Scotland’s housing market will slow down at a time when it is already facing delays after the Public and Commercial...