Agents and landlords will have to be extra careful to ensure a rental property is licensed or risk having to repay thousands in rent.

Poll of industry by Safeagent reveals higher rent arrears including a significant number who are refusing to pay their rent.

Accreditation body Safeagent has suggested half a dozen or so well-argued ideas to stop a tsunami of evictions after the latest ban ends.

Research by Safeagent among its member agents fails to find evidence of a looming evictions surge once possession hearings restart on August 23rd.

London firm Matthew Estates was found guilty of five offences after Trading Standards officers, working with Safeagent, discovered their membership claims were false.

Professor Paddy Gray works for a wide range of property and housing organisations including safeagent and industry association Propertymark.

Rumour or reality, agents can’t ignore the possibility of a mandatory property qualification, says Lisa Isaacs. We answer your most-asked RoPA questions.

Safeagent has warned the industry that regulation of estate agents through the RoPA proposals is not the done deal that many other organisations present it as. Isobel Thomson, Safeagent’s CEO, says the…