A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record says The Property Ombudsman and the local Trading Standards team have been sent documents relating...
A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack Dromey - is the latest Member of Parliament to raise the issue, which involves HMOs occupied by tenants with special support...
A lettings agency's ‘game changing’ up-front rental payment system is being rolled out across the UK after a two-year pilot project. The Advanced Rent Option has been created by Choices, a nine-branch agency in the south east of England and with associate brands...
Webinars aimed at letting agents are being launched by PropTech firms RentProfile and Tilt Property Software. The series runs under the umbrella title ‘Everything's coming up PropTech: Letting agencies in the New Normal’. The first is on December 7 - next Monday...
PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does not pay rent, then Canopy’s Rent and Legal Protection policy offers protection for up to 12 months’ rent paid in...
A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal and other consequences. David Alexander of the Apropos lettings management firm says he has found cases across the country...
A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal and website listings. Holofy Spaces was launched after the spring lockdown when its founders noticed a gap in the market for an app which allows agents to...
A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood Valuation Surveyors Ltd has purchased Morrison Property Services. Morrisons’ Jonathan Morrison retains a consultancy...
One person had to be rescued from a fire after their landlord failed to ensure they had a working fire alarm system in the property. Now West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service is reminding landlords of the importance of maintaining good fire safety standards, following...
A London lettings agency has described a £3,600 charge to a tenant as “entirely reasonable and legal.” The i newspaper has featured a story of a professional couple reportedly told they must pay London agency Dexters over £3,600 to end their two year rental...
