Letting agents should see Renters’ Rights Bill as ‘opportunity’

Property managers and surveyors have welcomed proposed new rules for indsutry mandatory qualifications. A long-awaited consultation on leasehold reform contains a plan to ensure all managing agents have to be qualified in line with part of Lord Best’s RoPA (Regulation of Property Agents) recommendations. Matthew Pennycook MP, Housing Minister And leaseholders will be given the…

Propertymark has announced the launch of a new independent Regulatory Board, which formally separates its regulatory responsibilities from its representative role in a move aimed at strengthening professionalism and public trust across the sector. Key milestone The Board will oversee professional standards, regulatory policy and disciplinary frameworks. Bill Butler (pictured), Non-Executive Chair of Propertymark, describes…

London Mayor Sadiq Khan (main picture) is in a “furious row” with developers over delays to measures designed to kickstarting housebuilding. The Government announced last year it is to cut the affordable element of each development from 35% to 25%, and to relax some of the design requirements. New-build collapse The Capital’s new-build sector has…

Bradford Council is preparing to issue its first-ever landlord banning order after a council report concluded that fines alone are failing to control repeat rogue landlords. The report, which was compiled by its Regeneration and Environment Scrutiny Committee, reveals that since 2018, more than £2m in civil penalties have been issued to landlords who breached…

The complaint A landlord complained to The Property Ombudsman that their letting agent failed to register their tenants’ deposit with a government-approved scheme within the required 30 days of receiving it. The deposit was not registered until almost a year later, and the landlord said they were never informed of the delay. After the tenants…

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