A group of MPs leading an investigation into the private rented sector and the draft Tenant Fees Bill got more than they bargained for yesterday afternoon when David Smith (pictured, right), Policy…

The extent to which rogue estate agents are damaging the industry’s reputation has been laid bare today by new research. The problems are most acute in the private rental sector,but affect all…

Two agents have been investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) this week for misleading online property ads following complaints from the public. The more serious of the two was a complaint…

In a shocking case of a rogue agent, a firm in Luton has been banned from The Property Ombudsman for ten years after failing to pay an award of £181,254 after it…

The recently-renamed Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG ) does not expect the letting fees ban to come into force until Spring 2019, it has confirmed. In written evidence made…

A complaint against leading auctioneer SDL Auctions by a member of the public to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that its listed property auction guide prices were misleading has not been upheld.…

The cabinet shuffle continues at No 10 Downing Street, so we now know the identity of our new Housing Minister: Dominic Raab MP for Esher and Walton, in Surrey. He will work…

Universal Credit has been an “ideological error” for the 1.2 million tenants on housing benefit within the system as well as landlords and agents, it has been claimed by Stephen Lloyd, MP…