Hundreds of English letting agents are facing fines of up to £30,000 as the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) looks to crack down on those who have failed to safeguard money from tenants and landlords. The operation to root out the rogue agencies is particularly concentrated in London, but the NTSELAT is backing up local authorities around the country in enforcing the Client Money Protection (CMP) scheme. By law, letting agents should registe

It is fair to say that the Covid-19 pandemic has changed most aspects of how we live. Of course, the lettings sector is no different. We are in a very different position now than we were at the start of 2020 when we had no idea how the world would shift. But it doesn’t mean that everything will go back to how it was after we are all vaccinated and we have driven the number of infections down. In fact, the lettings industry can learn from the experiences of the various lockdow