Estate agents and auctioneers are among workers being paid less in real terms than seven years ago. A Mirror investigation studied take-home pay in over 400 occupations to find the winners and losers from...
Under new rules introduced in Scotland to crack down on rogue letting agents and improving transparency in the private rented sector, all agents must have registered with the Scottish Government’s new Scottish Letting Agent...
A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a leading expert says. Kate Faulkner – who runs the Propertychecklists consultancy and works...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 – has now become effective and is something which all businesses are expected to comply with. The new system has...
Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a five-point demand for reform of the rental sector. In an accompanying statement Which?...
More than 150 estate agency firms went insolvent last year and as many as 7,000 are at risk as high street operators face the triple whammy of online competition, a sagging property market and...
The annual report from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) which was published today reveals a 3% increase in the number of complaints made last year, bringing the total to 3,658. Of these however, 2,212 were...
Figures published by ARLA Propertymark reveal that the number of properties available to rent in London is now 46% below the national average. The data suggests that tenants are finding the task of securing...
Landlords and letting agents who reject housing benefit claimants could be flouting equality laws, due to a recent legal case. Although widespread, agents and landlords may have to review their policies and procedures after...
The City of Lincoln Council plans to ban agents’ boards it parts of the city. It has applied to the Government in Westminster for the ban over concerns that up to a quarter of...
