The professional body for UK letting agents
A national directory landlords can search, a compliance library covering the legislation agencies actually work to, and training that keeps your team current on it.
Join AOLAGet your agency found in every town you cover
Your profile appears on the landing page for each town you work in, listing the services you offer and how to reach you — so a landlord searching your area finds your agency, not a portal.
See the directoryThe three memberships the law requires of you
A government-approved redress scheme, Client Money Protection and tenancy deposit protection are not optional for a letting agent. Our library sets out what each one requires, and our briefings cover the changes.
Compliance libraryLandlord enquiries, sent straight to you
Landlords tell us what they need — full management, rent collection or tenant-find — and we pass it to member agencies covering that area. No commission on the work you win.
How leads workA platform built around how your agency actually works
AOLA is the membership body for UK letting and estate agencies. We put your agency in front of landlords in your area, keep the legislation you work to in one place, and give independent agencies the standing that usually takes scale.
Be found in your town
Your agency gets its own profile and appears on the landing page for every town you cover, so landlords searching your area find you.
Landlord enquiries, not commission
Landlords tell us what they need and we pass it to member agencies covering that area. You see the requirement before you spend a credit, and AOLA takes no cut of the work you win.
The legislation, in one place
Housing Acts, the Tenant Fees Act, deposit rules, EPC and MEES, gas, EICR, alarms, licensing and the devolved regimes — kept together and readable, section by section.
Briefed when the law moves
Lettings law changes constantly. We tell you what changed, what it means in practice and what to do about it, through briefings and training that carry recorded hours.
Hire from the industry
Post vacancies to people already working in lettings, with salary, location and screening questions — and take applications with a CV attached.
A voice that carries
Most UK letting agents are independent businesses. AOLA gives them a shared directory, shared resources and a collective voice that scale usually buys.
Put your agency in front of landlords in your area
Membership is for firms — letting agencies, estate agencies and property management businesses. Silver lists your agency for free; Gold and Platinum add your team, the services you offer, and top placement in the directory and on your town pages.
- Public agency profile
- Town landing pages
- Team & branch profiles
- The services you offer
- Landlord enquiries in your area
- Compliance library
- Training & events
- Jobs board
What you get as a member
Public agency directory
Your own profile page in a directory built for landlords searching by town and by service.
- Profile with services, team and branches
- Appears on your town landing page
- Your accreditation body shown
Compliance library
The legislation a letting agent actually works to, in one place and kept current.
- Housing Acts, Tenant Fees Act, deposit rules
- Safety: EPC and MEES, gas, EICR, alarms
- Licensing, HMOs and the devolved regimes
Training & events
Online and city-based briefings on the changes that affect how you let and manage property.
- Lettings law and compliance updates
- Deposits, disputes and evidence
- HMO licensing and property standards
Landlord enquiries
Landlord and tenant enquiries matched to member agencies by area and by service.
- Matched on location and service
- You see the requirement before you spend
- Credit packs with member discounts
Jobs board
Hire lettings staff from people already working in the industry.
- Post vacancies from your dashboard
- Salary range and location
- Up to five screening questions
Member forum
Ask other agencies how they handle the awkward cases.
- Lettings law and compliance
- Deposits and disputes
- Licensing and HMOs
What AOLA membership stands for
We make the rules legible
Lettings law is scattered across a dozen Acts and statutory instruments. We keep them in one library, section by section, with plain-English notes on what each one requires.
We keep members current
When the law changes we brief members on what changed, what it means in practice and what to do about it — through briefings, training and the compliance library.
We tell landlords what to check
We publish, in plain terms, the questions a landlord should ask any agent — redress scheme, Client Money Protection, deposit protection — and link to each scheme's own register so they can verify the answer themselves.
Independent agencies, together
Most UK letting agents are independent businesses. AOLA gives them a shared directory, shared resources and a collective voice that scale usually buys.