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A council claims it’s reached an important stage in the process of deciding whether to implement the Article 4 Direction power...
14 May 2024
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A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...
03 May 2024
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Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
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Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...
26 April 2024
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A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...
26 April 2024
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Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
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There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...
24 April 2024
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Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...
24 April 2024
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A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...
22 April 2024
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A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
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Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...
10 April 2024
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Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...
02 April 2024
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The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...
28 March 2024
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A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...
05 March 2024
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Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
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Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...
26 February 2024
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Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...
24 January 2024
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The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...
17 January 2024
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A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 December 2023
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Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...
07 December 2023
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Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...
15 November 2023
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...
26 October 2023
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The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...
24 October 2023
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A prominent industry supplier is urging agents and landlords to lobby MPs to suggest improvements to the Renters Reform Bill. PayProp UK...
21 September 2023
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Propertymark says it’s going to send a briefing on behalf of letting agents to every MP and member of the House...
23 May 2023
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New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...
06 April 2023
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New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes. A statement from the Senedd...
05 April 2023
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Propertymark says current government policy over leaseholder protections is too weak. The letting agents’ trade body has thrown its weight behind a...
01 March 2023
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The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...
06 December 2022
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With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...
02 November 2022
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A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...
30 August 2022
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Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...
05 May 2022
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New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...
21 January 2022
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The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...
22 November 2021
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How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...
18 August 2021
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A senior buying agent is warning that new regulations over the length of notice given to tenants is having an unexpected...
05 February 2021
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The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...
22 January 2021
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The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...
02 September 2020
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Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...
29 July 2020
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The country’s largest provider of inventory services has launched its new processes, overhauled to cope with social distancing and the remaining...
02 June 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...
02 January 2020
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The scrapping of Section 21, as proposed by the government, shows that Whiteall has “a Dickensian view” of the buy to...
17 April 2019
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Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...
15 January 2019
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The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...
02 January 2019
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A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...
19 December 2018
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A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...
14 December 2018
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Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...
11 December 2018
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Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...
05 December 2018
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The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...
04 December 2018
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The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...
01 October 2018
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MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...
06 September 2018
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The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...
30 July 2018
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Letting agents - and anyone with ‘relevant expertise and experience or a special interest’ - have been invited to provide their...
24 May 2018
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A bid to allow good tenants’ rent records count towards their creditworthiness has taken a step forward thanks to Big Issue...
14 May 2018
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The How To Rent guide - the document which has to be given to new tenants by letting agents or landlords...
22 January 2018
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The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...
16 January 2018
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It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...
27 October 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...
13 October 2017
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A series of free legal events for letting agents and landlords is to launch this month with an advisory session on...
19 September 2017
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The head of an online letting agency specialising in student accommodation says the controversial Right To Rent legislation may have to...
27 July 2017
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A group of rural landlords has called on the government to clarify Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) legislation being introduced next...
16 May 2017
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Speculation that the government was attempting to ‘slip in’ yet more changes to the way landlords are being taxed have been...
05 September 2016
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There is growing concern across the industry at the fear - which we reported yesterday - that the government may be...
31 August 2016
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The government is planning to update its Right To Rent guidance following the roll out of the scheme across the country,...