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In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...
11 September 2023
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After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...
17 July 2023
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I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...
05 June 2023
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The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...
17 May 2023
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New analysis of the English Housing Survey by the Building Research Establishment has found that excessively cold homes in England could...
02 March 2023
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There’s been a 165 per cent increase in the number of private rental homes with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of...
01 March 2023
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Over two thirds of tenants are satisfied with their private rented accommodation, a new survey shows. The finding comes in the results...
20 December 2022
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Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...
19 December 2022
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...
28 September 2022
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Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...
25 July 2022
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The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...
12 May 2022
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A radical shake up of the private rental sector is expected to be announced tomorrow by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The main...
01 February 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...
13 December 2021
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A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...
26 July 2021
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A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...
19 July 2021
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Propertymark says new figures detailing the costs of energy efficiency improvements in the private rental sector show the need for a...
16 July 2021
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The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...
09 July 2021
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Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...
19 March 2021
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There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures. Latest data...
11 February 2021
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Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
28 October 2020
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ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...
21 October 2020
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A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years. In a...
28 August 2020
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Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...
31 July 2020
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There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...
13 July 2020
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Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...
01 July 2020
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A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...
18 March 2020
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Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...
19 February 2020
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One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...
03 February 2020
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Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...
13 December 2019
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The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...
25 September 2019
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Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...
12 September 2019
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With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
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An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
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A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...
18 July 2019
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Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...
14 May 2019
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How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...
24 April 2019
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It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...
28 March 2019
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Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...
14 March 2019
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Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...
20 February 2019
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You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...
14 February 2019
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Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...
01 February 2019
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The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...
31 December 2018
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A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...
21 November 2018
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One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...
08 November 2018
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A large majority of private sector tenants, 84 per cent, are satisfied with their housing according to the English Housing Survey...
13 July 2018
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A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...
07 June 2018
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The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...
04 June 2018
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Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...
13 April 2018
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A warning has come from a campaigning letting agent that London’s landlords agents could be costing themselves tenants by requiring them...
20 March 2018
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Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...
05 February 2018
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Analysis of the latest English Housing Survey data reveals that the private rental sector provides homes to a fifth of the population,...
29 January 2018
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The pressure group Generation Rent - often identified with highlighting issues concerning young tenants - is now warning of a massive...
14 November 2017
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New data from a survey of tenants suggests demand for the private rental sector looks set to be high for the...
03 August 2017
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The findings of the most recent English Housing Survey, an annual report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government,...
20 July 2017
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The myth has been broken - tenants in the private rental sector are more satisfied with their accommodation than those in...
15 July 2017
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Letting agents need to modernise and digitise to prepare for a surge in the size of the private rental sector according...
14 July 2017
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Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...
31 May 2017
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Analysis of the government's latest English Housing Survey figures shows that there’s been a further decline in the home ownership rate...
03 April 2017
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Analysis of the government’s respected English Housing Survey suggests that the reality of the private rental sector is far from the...
06 March 2017
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Tenants in private rented housing are staying longer than ever in their current homes as the proportion of tenants with children...
03 March 2017
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Data from the Ministry of Justice suggests the number of claims made by private sector landlords to repossess a property has...
11 November 2016
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An industry group says the seemingly non-stop attack on the private rental sector by campaigning charity Shelter is “plain wrong.” After a...
18 October 2016
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Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for rent controls and “secure tenancies” in the private rented sector would spell disaster for tenants, reducing the...
08 August 2016
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An industry body has blasted an analysis of housing trends in England that claims the private rented sector is ‘not fit...
03 August 2016
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The number of tenancies signed by a single tenant has fallen, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. Last year, tenants living...
15 March 2016
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Letting agents and landlords should prepare for longer-term tenancies by improving their management and giving more choice to interior design, fixtures...
08 March 2016
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Seventy nine per cent of tenants are happy with their circumstances according to a survey conducted by the National Landlords’ Association...
02 March 2016
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Private rental sector tenancies are getting longer according to the Residential Landlords’ Association. It says new government figures show that the average...
22 February 2016
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The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...
03 February 2016
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Campaigning charity Shelter has renewed its attack on the private rental sector, claiming that 125,000 tenants have suffered abusive behaviour from...