There was a long-awaited return to the House of Commons this week when the Renters (Reform) Bill finally rose to the...
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Everyone seems to be talking about artificial intelligence (AI) right now. It is an issue which has been bubbling under since Covid -...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Andrews Lettings Director Angharad Trueman has identified two priorities for her forthcoming term as President of the Association of Lettings Agents. Known...
19 August 2023
From: Features
Housing Minister Rachel Maclean MP is probably looking forward to her summer break this year. But wherever she's going and whatever she's...
29 July 2023
From: Features
Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...
29 April 2023
From: Features
A wide range of upcoming legislative changes will affect the private rented sector. From new carbon monoxide alarm regulations to renters...
16 July 2022
From: Features
The government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper has initially caused some consternation and a strong adverse reaction from some within...
18 June 2022
From: Features
Propertymark has expressed hope that the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will help boost much needed agency supply. The trade body has...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...
22 January 2022
From: Features
While the Christmas season is usually heralded by an influx of terrible Christmas adverts, the launch of Starbucks’ gingerbread lattes, Adam...
01 December 2021
From: Features
The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...
20 January 2021
From: Features
Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...
31 October 2020
From: Features
The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...
03 October 2020
From: Features
Since June 1, under The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, landlords in England have been...
26 August 2020
From: Features
By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...
04 March 2020
From: Features
I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A house in Mayfair that was sold for £19.175m in 2014 and put on the market this year at £25m has...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s largest auction houses has had to amend an advertisement on its website after an intervention by the...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...
03 March 2018
From: Features
Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...
28 October 2017
From: Features
The long-running saga of whether independent agents’ group CIELA is ever going to launch appears to be nearing its end game...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News
In a recent landmark Council Tax case, the Court of Appeal (Leeds City Council V Broadley 2016) upheld that the use...
07 January 2017
From: Features
I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...
22 October 2016
From: Features
An online search engine claims it will allow estate agents to “make significant cost savings in advertising portal fees” with the...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News
An anonymous group or individual campaigning to identify and publicise boards which it claims are erected in “illegal” locations has resumed...