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A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

Figures from the Home Office show that as of the end of March, a total of 405 fines for non-compliance with...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its opposition to Right To Rent, and is backing two legal challenges to the measure. Letting...

It’s been revealed this morning that there are two legal challenges being mounted against the Right To Rent policy, which obliges...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...

ARLA Propertymark has revealed what it believes is a 'big step forward' for letting agents processing large numbers of overseas student...

Almost a fifth of British citizens could find it harder to access rental property, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

The crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme across the UK has exceeded...

A crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme is nearing its funding target. With...

Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...

The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has written to an immigration minister to express its concern over possible ‘further sanctions’ for landlords who...

The vast majority of those conducting Right To Rent checks are unable to identify a fake passport if it is presented...

ARLA Propertymark representatives have met with Home Office officials in Cardiff and Edinburgh ahead of the government’s roll-out of Right To...

New parts of the Immigration Act 2016 come into effect today, consolidating the Right To Rent regulations that came into effect...

Right To Rent legislation means British nationals without a passport face difficulties according to the Residential Landlords’ Association.    According to its latest...

Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...

Landlords or agents acting for them will no longer be immediately criminalised for failing to pick up illegal tenants according to...

A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of being “a bit rich” in its willingness to jail letting agents or...

The ability of the government to enforce controversial elements of the Right To Rent policy has been thrown into doubt by...

An industry body is suggesting that the outcome of a court case may significantly reduce the government’s ability to enforce its Right...

A reminder to agents - the government has issued an updated version of the How To Rent booklet which has to...

Another letting agent has spoken out at the threat of the new Right to Rent legislation leading to possible discrimination against...

A senior relocation and human resources expert says Right To Rent will not change the behaviour of any letting agent or...

The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...

If there was evidence needed as to why landlords may need the expertise of letting agents, a new survey about Right...

An immigration lawyer has criticised the government’s Right to Rent scheme - officially starting today - for having little impact but...

The BBC’s One Show has shown an immigration raid on a property, of the kind that may become more common once...

A survey of 5,000 landlords suggests that 50 per cent of them are not prepared for the introduction of Right To...

The Home Office has issued a statement overnight saying letting agents and landlords can begin the controversial Right To Rent checks...

Letting agents or landlords who will be legally obliged to conduct Right to Rent checks on tenants from February 1 actually...

The government’s reduction of mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let properties in a major factor for 50 per cent...

A tenant referencing service, FCC Paragon, says 17.6 per cent of all requests it has received in the past 12 months...

The Property Ombudsman has warned letting agents not to forget their responsibilities under the Right To Rent immigration checks that become...

The published results of the Right to Rent pilot scheme are disappointing and mostly unhelpful insists the Association of Independent Inventory...

There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...

Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...

Government proposals forcing agents and landlords to check the immigration status of tenants risk a serious breach of human rights according...

Labour will today ask Home Secretary Theresa May to publish the result of the Right To Rent pilot project amidst claims...

Another major industry body has added its voice to growing concerns over the potential impact of Right To Rent immigration checks...

The publication of the Immigration Bill giving details of the government's expectations of letting agents and landlords to conduct checks on...

One of the UK letting industry’s leading agents says politicians should defer the new Right To Rent immigration checks until the start...

Right To Rent immigration checks is leading to a situation where lawful tenants are being refused housing according to the Residential...

The Right To Rent pilot project has forced letting agents and landlords into ‘increased racial profiling’ according to the Joint Council...

A letting agency has announced its support for new rules which will allow landlords to evict illegal immigrants without a court...

The growth of the PRS has provided a long list of benefits for the lettings industry. However, it is not without...

In the nine months since new Right To Rent immigration checks have been implemented across the West Midlands only seven landlords...

The National Landlords’ Association has met with the Home Office and the Department of Communities and Local Government - and has...

Fergus Wilson, the controversial buy to let guru who reportedly owns around 1,000 rental properties, is to stand for Police and...

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...

Controversial buy to let property mogul Fergus Wilson has given his backing to the government over its controversial extension of Right...

Agents and landlords who fail to identify and evict tenants who are illegal immigrants face up to five years in jail...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is to take part in an urgent meeting called by the Home Office on the...

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...

A lawyer has raised the spectre of letting agents and landlords possibly facing accusation of discrimination when the government’s Right To...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...

The controversial Right To Rent immigration checks on tenants conducted by letting agents and landlords in the West Midlands since early...

Property consultancy Daniel Watney LLP is the latest industry operator to label the government’s Right To Rent immigration checks as unworkable,...

The immigration charity the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants says it is working with a range of other bodies...

The National Landlords Association says next month is the next key date for the roll-out of the government’s controversial immigration checks...

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...

The head of lettings at Carter Jonas has warned the government not to rush ahead with a national rollout of immigration...

Tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech outlining legislation for the next 12 months will include a pledge to roll out across England and Wales...

The general election result was greeted with a sigh of relief throughout the lettings industry. Thanks to the Conservatives' victory, the threat...

With the Conservatives now having an overall majority, there is speculation that the pilot immigration checks which letting agents and landlords...