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HMRC finally allows letting agents to register for anti-money laundering
Tuesday 26th May 2020
Letting Agent Today
The HMRC's long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after the regulations came into effect. The…
Beginners Guide to Renting a Property
Wednesday 20th May 2020
Zooploma
Before you fixate on finding the perfect home to rent, you need to give some serious thought to your finances and exactly what you can afford. There's little…
A new kind of OPEN
Thursday 14th May 2020
Affinity
WE ARE BACK and ready to help you SAFELY move home! Whilst we have always been here behind the scenes delivering our service (albeit restricted); under the guidelines of the government we can now assist you with…
Coronavirus fightback expected to delay introduction of minimum agency standards
Wednesday 8th April 2020
Mark Schoffman - Property Eye
Industry bodies are expecting the coronavirus epidemic to delay the introduction of legislation on agency qualifications. Lord Best, chair of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group (R0PA), first backed minimum industry standards and qualifications in July 2019 and said in…
New EPC regulations in effect from today for all rental properties
Wednesday 1st April 2020
Property Eye
Today, Part Three of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 comes into force. Private sector landlords must not grant a new tenancy of a property (including an extension or renewal), nor continue to…
Right To Rent rules for agents relaxed during virus crisis
Tuesday 31st March 2020
Letting Agent Today
The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary changes will mean the Home Office will not require agents, landlords and employers to see original documents…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Government Guidance for Landlords and Tenants
Saturday 28th March 2020
Government
Non-statutory guidance for landlords and tenants in the private and social rented sectors on: 1. Measures relating to notices seeking possession as amended by the Coronavirus Act 2020 2. Court action on possession cases…
Government tells agents to shut offices immediately
Tuesday 24th March 2020
Property Mark
Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not "essential businesses" under the new Coronavirus safety guidance. A statement from Propertymark issued this…
Gas Safeties have been Temporarily Suspended amid Covid-19 Outbreak: Instructions issued to engineers by Gas Safe Register
Tuesday 24th March 2020
Gas Safe Register
Gas Safe Register have issue advice to their engineers for the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Until the announcement made by the UK Prime Minister on 23rd March, restricting people to…
Eviction ban watered down in Coronavirus Emergency Bill
Tuesday 24th March 2020
LettingAgenToday
The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency Bill passed by Parliament yesterday. Last week,…