Latest News

Key Lettings and Property Management, based in Kent, has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) following their failure to comply with an adjudicated award totalling £3,100. This expulsion comes as a result of Key Lettings and Property Management’s negligence…

Two letting agencies and a director who broke licensing laws have been prosecuted by Enfield Council. Mansur Duzgan, a sole director, and his company, Guaranteed Rent GD Limited of Kendal Parade, were both prosecuted over the failure to obtain a…

Ofqual intends to fine awarding organisation City & Guilds £200,000 for failing to resolve problems with its governance and incident management systems. The fine covers a series of breaches of Ofqual’s Conditions of Recognition over two time periods, during 2018 to 2019 and…

A new TA6 Property Information Form that supports National Trading Standards material information guidance has been released by the Law Society of England and Wales. It includes the information that the National Trading Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) says…

Quicklet in Northern Ireland has announced the acquisition of property management company, ACE Property, for a seven figure sum. Located in Bruntsfield, just outside Edinburgh city centre, Ace Property is a property management and lettings agency established in 2005 by…

A number of agents attended the Guild Conference and Awards, held last Friday at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London. Under the theme ‘Sharing Success,’ the full-day conference brought together Guild members alongside industry pioneers for an event exclusive to…

Julie James The Welsh government has reappointed Julie James as housing minister. James has been reappointed to the role under new First Minister Vaughan Gething, who was elected as Welsh leader last week. The move has been…

The Conservatives have been accused of ditching their manifesto pledge to reduce ground rents to zero, after reports that Michael Gove is struggling to gain significant support within his part to reform current leaseholds. Gove, the housing secretary, has been…

Barnsdales hires Graham Chase Graham Chase Barnsdales has hired Graham Chase, a fellow and former president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), to head up its London office. Chase has joined Barnsdales as head of valuations to lead…

Long-standing Hunters Bromley and Chislehurst franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by about 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters Sidcup. The Sidcup office, run for a decade by Mark and Amanda Dawson, has now closed, with…