Senior letting agents: Key legal principles and best practices

This course is aimed at experienced letting agents as it covers key legal principles and best practices.

Understand essential laws, regulations, and strategies to navigate complex tenancy issues while ensuring compliance and providing exceptional service to both landlords and tenants.

  • Creating and ending tenancies
  • Serving the correct notices (eg Section 21, Section 8 and other notices)
  • Non-housing tenancies
  • Tenants rights
  • Right to Rent
  • Landlord obligations
  • Section 11
  • The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
  • HMO management regulations, failure to obtain a licence and statutory penalties
  • The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 and the lack of repair
  • Unfair terms in contracts
  • Statutory consultation processes for works and long-term agreements
  • Consumer protection law, issued and problems to resolve
  • Contract law
  • Tenancies and their problems, including commercial leases created through Airbnb
  • Immigration Act 2014 and 2016
  • Deregulation Act 2015 — Section 21 notices and continued implications for repair
  • Repair and consequences of failing to comply with statutory obligations

Our virtual classroom combines convenience and engagement, offering expert-led sessions you can join from anywhere. With real-time interaction and clear guidelines for smooth collaboration, you’ll enjoy a professional and dynamic learning experience without the need to travel. To enable the course to run smoothly, we ask that you mute your microphone unless asking a question and keep your camera on. 

With our face-to-face courses you’ll benefit from the full lesson plan plus an increased level of interaction and group work. This is your chance to participate in group discussions with our expert trainer and other delegates on the course.

Location: Propertymark Westminster, 4th Floor, 5-8 The Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3JS

This course is also available as in-house training in your office for groups of five to 20 people. This is an extremely cost-effective way of training larger groups. You just need to provide the coffee and the venue and we'll provide our highly experienced trainers and the course materials.

Explore your options

To discuss your requirements and to get a quote call the courses team on 01926 417 792 or email [email protected].

Course dates

Start: 16 Jan 2025 - 9:15
End: 16 Jan 2025 - 16:30
Senior Letting Agents: Key Legal Principles and Best Practices - Propertymark Westminster

Member Cost: £189 (+VAT)
Non-Member Cost: £260 (+VAT)

Start: 7 Mar 2025 - 9:30
End: 7 Mar 2025 - 15:30
Senior Lettings Agents - Key Legal Principles & Best Practices - Virtual Classroom

Member Cost: £150 (+VAT)
Non-Member Cost: £205 (+VAT)

Start: 15 May 2025 - 9:30
End: 15 May 2025 - 15:30
Senior Lettings Agents - Key Legal Principles & Best Practices - Virtual Classroom

Member Cost: £150 (+VAT)
Non-Member Cost: £205 (+VAT)

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