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An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Tenant referencing provider Canopy has released data from a  rental affordability index, which claims most tenants are at the very limit...

A rental sector insurance firm has hit back at claims made about Section 21 by the charity Citizens Advice. A spokesperson for...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

There’s been a clampdown on imprecise wording used in lettings listings. The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team  - which...

Hawks Properties Limited has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour a compensation award. The agency - with...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill has been unveiled, as Ministers bid to address the housing crisis and create a fairer rental...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Landlords have again become the focus of HMRC. The government department is currently using data from rent deposit schemes to assess...

A landlord’s company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...

There’s been a significant drop in the number of students passing referencing. It’s down from 50 to 40 per cent this autumn...

A Selective Licensing scheme introduced by a council back in 2016 is set for expansion.  Middlesbrough council claims that its scheme has...

Landlord Today has been approached by researchers at the University of York and University of Bristol doing a study on tenant...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year without anti-fraud...

Letting agents are relied on to make the letting process easier for landlords and tenants. As a landlord, there is a long...

The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...

PropTech supplier Canopy has launched a new service to help tenants affected by the pandemic.  Last year Canopy was awarded a grant...

Wealthier tenants will benefit from stiffer affordability criteria as stock levels fall and demand increases according to DJ Alexander Ltd, part...

A major supplier to the lettings industry has just acquired a pet referencing company and suggests that greater due diligence could...

The government’s pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords and agents is  “the worst form of gesture politics in...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

The New Year is typically a time for people to take stock of their finances and ensure that they’re on strong...

Airbnb can make life easier for UK landlords by increasing yields, simplifying the rental process and providing peace of mind against...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Rajiv Singh |Founder & CEO RentOnCloud www.rentoncloud.com Tell me about RentOnCloud, what does...

A new PropTech platform says it allows easy digital contact between tenants, landlords and third party suppliers avoiding the need to...

A national accountancy firm says HM Revenue & Customs has discovered huge numbers of landlords avoiding paying tax - as many as...

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

Propertymark wants to hear about examples of fraudulent tenancy applications - a growing problem in the rental sector. A statement from the ARLA wing...

A pet referencing service is courting controversy by suggesting more animals should be allowed in rental properties - and that landlords,...

Yet another lettings agency says the private rental sector would be wise to encourage tenants with pets. Earlier this week it was...

Online lettings platform Mashroom says there are four tips for tenants who want to boost their credit ratings to have a...

Tenants with arrears accumulated during the pandemic are finding it tough to secure alternative accommodation because their credit scores have been...

Landlords in a Midlands city are being asked to help find safe places to live for homeless individuals and families. The council...

Three lettings agencies have been expelled for The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to landlords. And as they are now...

A PropTech supplier claims landlords and letting agents can now offer tenants a new service potentially boosting credit scores with Equifax...

Landlords with London properties have a short-term opportunity to list and let them for free - but they’ll have to be...

A London lettings agency is offering landlords the opportunity to list and let properties for free this month.  The offer comes from...

The Advanced Rent Option, which offers landlords a year’s rent up-front, is being rolled out across the UK. The ARO is the brainchild...

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

Landlords and tenants are being warned that Foremost Lettings Ltd (trading as Foremost Lettings), based in St. Leonards-On-Sea, has been expelled...

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...

A new online property management platform has been launched by Herddle.  The new service, which combines proprietary technology and traditional property management...

Landlords should be aware that eight estate and letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO), which means...

All buy-to-let landlords and letting agents are being offered a comprehensive tenant screening service absolutely free of charge by Canopy.   Available with...

  Two years ago, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ordered the nine largest UK current account providers to open up their...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

It is now illegal for tenants to be charged by landlords or letting agents in Wales in order to set up or...

A new utility management and transfer tool, available to both landlords and letting agents, has been launched by LetHQ. The company, which...

How does the idea of 12 months’ rent in advance sound? Choices Estate Agents plans to launch a new Advanced Rent...

The Lettings Hub, a major tenant referencing and let insurance provider, has joined forces with teclet, a cloud-based, automated software platform. The...

The level of fraudulent rental applications being received by letting agents is on the up, new research shows. The study by Benham...

There is a growing need to improve fraud detection in the private rented sector, according to Landlord Action. Paul Shamplina, the founder...

Void periods are one of landlords’ most dreaded occurrences. This is because you are not only failing to collect rental income,...

Landlords now face the prospect of two unsuccessful tenant applications on average for every successful one, resulting in an increase in...

Tenant referencing and lettings insurance provider, Barbon Insurance Group, has teamed up with flatfair to co-market the two companies’ products and...

Buy-to-let landlords need to minimise potential risks that make the difference between ‘profitable calm’ and ‘money-pit worry’ to help ensure that...

We all know that high quality detailed tenant references are crucial to ensure that people placed in rental properties have been...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK increased by 1.6% in the 12 months to May, according to...

The Tenant Fees Act, better known simply as the tenant fees ban, is coming into force from June 1 2019. It...

Rental price inflation has slowed down, with HomeLet's latest data revealing that the average monthly rent in the UK now stands...

As many of you already know, the ban on tenant fees will come into force on 1 June 2019, and the...

Landlords and letting agents will soon be banned from charging fees to private rental tenants in Wales after a Bill banning...

The cost of renting a home in the UK is rising quicker than the rate of inflation, with the average monthly...

Who are you?  Paul Shamplina What does it say on your business card? Founder and Director of Landlord Action and Brand Ambassador of...

Online letting agent Upad has pledged to challenge landlords’ ‘expectations’ with the revamp of its ‘UPay On Success’ product which means...

There has been a significant rise in demand from people looking to rent property amid political and economic uncertainty and this...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK increased by 2.5% in the 12 months to January, the latest...

Many people tend to hold off on buying property during times of uncertainty and that appears to be precisely what is...

It is becoming increasingly clear that some letting agents may not survive the tenant fee ban coming into force next spring...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK rose by 1.5% in the 12 months to December 2018, the...

It’s been a busy year in terms of legislation in the Scottish lettings industry. The introduction of the Private Residential Tenancy...

Buy-to-let landlords should invest the time in getting to know their tenants, according to new research. A survey conducted by Upad shows...

Draconian tax changes applying to buy-to-let investors will leave many private landlords with little alternative but to evict tenants and sell...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK increased by 1.5% in the 12 months to November, the latest...

Traditional tenant referencing is dead as it uses old and slow systems, has little technology support, and is grossly overpriced, according...

Even though the most recent Budget offered some welcome relief for landlords and the buy-to-let sector as a whole, there are...

The average cost of renting a property outside London rose by 1.7% in the 12 months to October, while tenants in...

Landlords and letting agents could be banned from charging fees to private rental tenants in Wales under plans for a new...

Building and managing a property portfolio can be daunting, but Arthur Online claims that it has made property management simpler by...

Tenant referencing has once again been a topic of hot debate over the past few weeks, following a fresh study that...

A landlord in County Durham has been ordered to pay just over £450 for breaching his licence. Matthew Snowdon, of Cows Hill...

How many times has a potential tenant failed referencing? Too many times is probably your answer. This frustrating scenario ultimately arises because...

The average cost of renting a property in the UK rose by 1.7% in the 12 months to September, according to...

More than half - 53% - of tenants in this country do not understand their rights and new regulations brought in...

PropTech startup Goodlord, which offers cloud-based software to help letting agents, landlords and tenants manage the rental process, has raised £7m...

A letting agency in Isleworth, West London, which was recently penalised for a number of offences, has been expelled from The...

We all know that landlords must carry out a series of vigorous checks on prospective tenants before letting a property, as...

A growing number of landlords are turning to social media to garner more information about rental applicants, according to the latest...

Buy-to-let landlords could save hundreds, if not thousands of pounds every year by not instructing a letting agent to let their property. The...

‘Open banking’ provider TrueLayer has teamed up with Goodlord to enhance the proptech platform’s fintech integration for landlords, tenants and agents. Goodlord’s...

Tenants who have been renting for 10 years or longer should not have to have to go through the same referencing...

  What is a tenant reference? A tenant reference is a tool for landlords to help choose the right tenants. A good tenant...

Buy-to-let landlords are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help pay for higher letting agents...

PropTech startup RentalStep has recorded impressive monthly growth of landlords and tenants using its platform. Since January, the platform has recorded landlord...

Tenant referencing provides all the background information on prospective tenants, helping landlords and letting agents make an educated choice about who...

Recent research from Fixflo shows that nearly 42% of all agents in the UK believe the looming letting fees ban will...

The introduction of the EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a little over three months away, and the legislation will...

This February HomeRenter announces new trial offer package... HomeRenter, the online lettings marketplace which launched a beta version in Autumn 2017 and...

Who are you? Will Handley, CEO of HomeRenter What does it say on your business card? CEO and Co-founder What is HomeRenter? HomeRenter’s mission is to...