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A property management company has been punished with a hefty fine for failing to both clear up and also keep free...
07 June 2022
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Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...
31 May 2022
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Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...
11 May 2022
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The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...
10 May 2022
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Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...
03 May 2022
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Two more London boroughs are consulting about licensing schemes which will require landlords or their agents to pay hundreds of pounds...
31 March 2022
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An agent’s plea to councillors to renew the HMO license for a landlord client fell on deaf ears in a controversial...
21 March 2022
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Westminster council wants central London to have the same powers as Paris and Amsterdam to stop anti-social behaviour caused by Airbnb...
07 February 2022
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MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...
07 January 2022
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Over half of tenants who have stayed at short let home-based properties via Airbnb or similar platforms have broken or damaged...
23 November 2021
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Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities is extending the regulations for the period of notice a landlord must give a tenant before...
03 September 2021
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The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend. Westminster council’s scheme will focus...
31 August 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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Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...
17 August 2021
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One of the largest new additional licensing schemes for HMOs anywhere in the country is set to come into force in...
17 August 2021
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A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...
11 August 2021
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The Labour-run Haringey council in London says some housing conditions in the private rental sector lead to anti-social behaviour. Letting Agent Today...
25 June 2021
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The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...
02 June 2021
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The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...
01 June 2021
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A Labour council in London is taking the unusual measure of threatening landlords with community protection notices - associated with anti-social...
25 May 2021
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The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions. Whilst some notice...
13 May 2021
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One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...
01 April 2021
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An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...
29 March 2021
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The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...
10 March 2021
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An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...
23 February 2021
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Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...
05 February 2021
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While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...
11 January 2021
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The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...
08 January 2021
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The ban on private rental evictions in Scotland has been formally extended by two months, with a high expectation that a...
08 January 2021
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It is “extremely likely” there will be an extension to the current ban on bailiffs conducting evictions even after court orders...
06 January 2021
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Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...
19 November 2020
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The main trade body representing lettings agents has described the government’s latest eviction ban as “a further blow” for the sector. At...
09 November 2020
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Airbnb is undertaking a widespread social media campaign in the UK about its attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour and...
09 November 2020
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The government has formally announced a pause in evictions in England until January 11 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this...
06 November 2020
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It is thought likely that the new four week lockdown in England coming into effect on Thursday will mean evictions will...
02 November 2020
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The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
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The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...
23 September 2020
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A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...
21 September 2020
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The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...
15 September 2020
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The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...
11 September 2020
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A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...
09 September 2020
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Last month, we were all caught by the surprise news that the government was extending the temporary ban on evictions just...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has made a last minute U-turn on the eviction ban - extending it for four weeks until September 20. Housing...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A local authority has extended its consultation process for a selective licensing system which, if it goes ahead, would see some...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing minister says the resumption of eviction possession court cases at the end of next month must be done in...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...
15 July 2020
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The council in Liverpool is likely to propose a scaled-back private rental licensing scheme after its original suggestion was rejected by...
13 July 2020
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The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...
01 July 2020
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The extension to the evictions ban will compound the suffering of victims of domestic violence and anti-social behaviour. That’s the view of...
16 June 2020
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The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...
15 June 2020
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A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...
08 June 2020
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A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...
03 June 2020
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Residents at home during lockdown who may have seen families crammed into overcrowded HMOs are being asked to report the properties...
01 June 2020
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A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...
27 May 2020
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A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...
24 March 2020
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A council says it’s considering lending funds for improvement to landlords who “behave fairly and appropriately” - and buy into a...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Another council is consulting on introducing a selective licensing scheme - and again it claims it will “create better housing for...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association. Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An east London lettings agency must pay more than £2,500 after a six-foot-high pile of waste was found fly-tipped on land...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading lettings experts has outlined why the government is wrong to suggest that Section 8 powers could...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch. Under Stoke on...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Over 6,000 people have responded to the Residential Landlord Association’s survey asking what a post-Section 21 private rented sector should look...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The official government consultation period on the scrapping of Section 21 eviction begins shortly, but now a leading lettings sector trade...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been hit with a £4,000 fine plus costs of over £5,000 after failing to license...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Another controversial scheme licensing landlords who let their homes out may face legal challenge. Middlesbrough council’s formal consultation on the introduction of...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News

More local authorities have announced that they want to increase the size of the areas covered by their existing selective licensing...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon. In June...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Private landlords have to wait an average of over five months to regain possession of a property when applying to the...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The industry’s first property management franchise scheme, SDL Property Partners, has been given a presentation on how members could be key...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay £452 after he breached the terms of his licence in an area of County...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A London local authority which is part way through its five year additional HMO licensing scheme wants lettings agents to give their...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £13,000 for breaching the conditions of his licence as a result of...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A 10 week consultation period begins today on selective licensing in the central area of Blackpool - with the council threatening...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A council is seeking to prevent letting agents and landlords from letting homes to students in an area of a city...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A dawn raid on a home in north London has discovered 35 men bedding down on mattresses in every room except...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Redbridge council in London is offering 50 per cent off the cost of its private rental sector licensing scheme until September...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Green Party politician Andy Wightman claims that £10.6m in taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Yet another local authority is considering introducing selective licensing of private rental property. Luton council has issued a statement saying that within...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The substantial majority of landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in one London borough if the government agrees...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The head of a property management company is calling on the government to introduce a tenants' register which would help rogue...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Manchester, which already has a major private rental sector licensing scheme, is now consulting on extending it with a third phase...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A group of landlords that mounted a successful legal challenge to a council’s proposed licensing scheme is continuing to recruit letting...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Manchester council - which previously described selective licensing schemes in the private rental sector as ineffective - has done a U-turn...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Yet another London borough is introducing a selective licensing scheme, under which parts of a local authority patch are subject to...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A London council has agreed to implement a new ‘standards charter’ for the private rental sector from next month - in...
15 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The local council in Nottingham wants to introduce a city-wide licensing scheme of all landlords across its estimated 43,000 private rental...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Brent council in London is seeking the views of agents- as well as landlords, tenants and others - on the extension...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The local authority in Manchester is proposing to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the north of the city and has...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Another local authority is aiming to set up its own ‘social’ lettings agency. The proposal is one of five put forward by...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Yet another local authority looks likely to adopt a licensing scheme for private rental sector properties, described as a bid “to...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has become the first to be prosecuted by Waltham Forest council for failing to obtain one of its controversial...
21 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association is standing up for the private rental sector in its response to the government’s inquiry into homelessness. The...
12 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Ealing Council in London is undergoing a formal consultation about a proposal that all houses in multiple occupation within its boundaries...
15 January 2016
From: Breaking News

New legislation designed to reform Scotland’s private rental sector could make it harder for agents and landlords to tackle anti-social behaviour...
04 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A final decision on the legal challenge to a flagship council landlord licensing scheme has been set for next Thursday. The Croydon...
07 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The hearing that will determine whether there will be a judicial review of another council’s landlord licensing scheme will take place...
27 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Harrow council is consulting agents, landlords and residents on a proposal to renew its licensing regime applying to selected Houses in...
17 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Yet another council is proposing a licence on properties let out in the private rental sector - this time suggesting one...
16 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London - appears to have abandoned...
10 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Landlords have launched a legal challenge to plans by a local authority to charge for licences to manage properties. The Croydon Guardian...
02 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The government’s apparent opposition to council-wide landlord licensing schemes will be put to the test in the coming weeks following a...