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The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...

Last month, we were all caught by the surprise news that the government was extending the temporary ban on evictions just...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...

The Citizens Advice charity is calling for tenants with arrears directly created by the Coronavirus to be offered government grants to...

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...

The new director of campaign group Generation Rent says the government has caused “untold mental stress” to thousands of tenants. Commenting on...

A vocal London lettings agent says it isn’t the responsibility of agents or their landlord clients to take the financial hit...

The Generation Rent pressure group has made a last-ditch argument in favour of keeping the evictions ban, which will lapse at the...

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman says “after the incompetent handling of the exams fiasco, the government must act now to avoid more chaos...

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...

A local authority is urging letting agents within its boundary to get in touch before serving eviction notices on private tenants. Gedling council...

The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur is warning agents to prepare for increased rent arrears from as soon as next month. Neil Cobbold, chief...

The Citizens Advice charity is warning it has seen a huge surge in private renters worried about arrears.  And it says many...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership with LettsPay, a client accounting platform - the latest in a lengthy series of API...

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...

The government has outlined new court procedures to address the expected backlog of cases when eviction proceedings resume on August 24. For...

PropTech companies teclet and Canopy are forming a partnership to allow their services to be bought by agents on the one...

A survey claims 25 per cent of tenants are already at least a month behind in their rent. Of those private tenants...

A PropTech firm is offering what it calls “free landlord leads” to letting agents who register with the company in July...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

A new service claims it could help to avoid arrears by mediating in disputes between tenants and landlords or their agents. The...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its...

ARLA Propertymark and other organisations from across the housing sector have joined forces to support tenants and landlords facing rent arrears...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of  buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

A new survey of COVID-19 related rental arrears shows that fewer than five per cent of tenants are behind with their...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

Citizens Advice claims that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related...

A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

Deposit alternative service Flatfair has launched a tool for letting agents to help administer arrears run up by tenants during the...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...

A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...

The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

A lettings agency is asking tenants who cannot afford to pay rent during the Coronavirus crisis to sign a ‘moral contract’ that...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...

Poor communication remains the chief reason for disputes between agents, landlords and tenants at check-out time according to the latest research. A...

The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...

One of the country’s leading lettings experts has outlined why the government is wrong to suggest that Section 8 powers could...

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...

Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough.  The group...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

High profile eviction company Landlord Action says as many as 50 per cent of Section 21 cases it handles involve tenants...

A leading lettings sector trade body says evidence shows the direct payment of benefit to landlords is the biggest possible contribution...

A university student who fled from his private rental apartment owing over £1,000 has posted a message on Facebook: “Catch me...

The Trussell Trust, which coordinates the vast majority of the food banks around the UK, is working with the National Landlords...

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

Universal Credit is causing tenants to fall behind with their rent according to lettings sector trade body the Residential Landlords Association. It...

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

We all know that certain business functions are quicker to achieve and more cost-effective than others. By considering the services you provide...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

Portsmouth council is the latest local authority to offer to rent properties from private landlords to let out to the homeless.  The...

A new white-labelled outsourced lettings management service is launching today, claiming to undercut all rivals. F%ur - a brand from 4percentproperty -...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

Eviction expert Paul Shamplina has urged letting agents and referencing companies to invest in technology to improve fraud detection. The call comes...

Tenants on state benefits could be the 'biggest casualties' of the government's 'ill-thought-out' plans to scrap the Section 21 evictions process,...

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

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

The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...

The official government consultation period on the scrapping of Section 21 eviction begins shortly, but now a leading lettings sector trade...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

At PayProp we recognise that it’s the hard-working agents and other staff that make the industry a success, so training should...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

Lettings agency Haart says it will return up to £20m in deposits to existing tenants if they sign up to a...

The lettings industry has welcomed news that reforms to Universal Credit will include a new online system for private landlords to...

It’s 2019, and we may all be wishing each other a Happy New Year, but for UK landlords, the outlook might...

Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

Around two thirds of private landlords with tenants receiving Universal Credit have experienced rent arrears according to new research. Based on responses...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...

20% more landlords* are struggling compared to last year. They’ve been caught in a perfect storm of higher interest rates, bigger...

Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...

The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in...

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...

Outsourcing has long been an effective strategy in business. It enables you to provide a new, improved or more streamlined service...

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...

A national charity is calling on the government to tighten the 'default fees' clause which is part of the Tenant Fees...

A Birmingham letting agent has a new way of resolving arrears run up by some of his tenants - he goes...

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...

Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...

The number of buy to let properties in arrears has risen again according to figures released by UK Finance, formerly the...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has today announced three expulsions of agencies as a result of non-payment of rent or awards. Firstly, a...

MPs today discuss the impact of Universal Credit on the private rented sector, in a debate prompted by the Liberal Democrat’s...

There has been a warm welcome for government changes to Universal Credit by the Residential Landlords Association.  The Department for Work and...

Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...

A survey from a specialist rental insurance firm suggests that contrary to popular belief, landlords care more than a little about...

Changes to Universal Credit have made it easier for claimants to rent homes but the government needs to do more to...

A change to the operation of Universal Credit has been welcomed by a trade body which has described it as good...

Only two out of every 10 private rental sector landlords say they are willing to let to tenants in receipt of...

A leading buy to let expert is calling on agents to work more closely with landlords and tenants to improve communications...

Over a third of private landlords with tenants receiving Universal Credit say they are now in rent arrears, up by over...

Agents who review and modernise their rent collection procedures could claim back thousands of pounds in rent, an automated payments platform...

Skipton is the latest lender to confirm that it will continue lending to so-called portfolio landlords after new Bank of England...

Younger people will have more difficulty finding rented accommodation in coming months as a substantial proportion of landlords actively cut back...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

Barbon Insurance Group, owner of HomeLet, today formally launches what it calls a "revolutionary" rent payment system aimed at locking tenants into...

A specialist insurance provider has reminded landlords and letting agents of the pitfalls associated with rent guarantee insurance.  Cover4LetProperty suggests that squeezed...

Agents are being warned to ensure they serve eviction notices correctly as the ‘peak eviction’ summer period arrives.  Specialist tenant referencing service...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.   As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the costs of tenant referencing must be exempt from the government’s proposed ban on...

A letting sector trade body says two thirds of the largest buy to let mortgage lenders do not allow landlords to...

The average rent in England and Wales is now £800 per month according to latest statistics from Your Move.   The area with...

A Facebook group has been set up to name and shame so-called ‘tenants from hell’.   At the moment the page applies to...

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There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...

A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...

The proportion of private landlords in arrears is substantially under half the proportion of owner occupiers in the same position according...

An online lettings agency says tenants’ arrears are likely to be the biggest issue facing the rental sector next year unless...

Channel 5 has commissioned a third series of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords with eviction specialist Landlord Action at the heart of...

The average rent in England and Wales has reached an all-time high of £846 per month - a year-on-year increase of...

An online agency says it has attracted ”many hundreds” of landlords by giving 12 months’ rent up-front. LetMe also offers a guarantee...

Government policy is making it harder than ever for benefits claimants and the homeless to rent homes, according to a new...

Buy to let mortgage arrears are set to fall below 7,000 by the end of the year according to one lender’s...

There were 3,100 fewer private rental households in serious rent arrears in the first quarter of this year compared to the...

Letting agents will be pleased to hear that landlords who manage all aspects of tenancies on their own are being warned...

Landlords are looking to house tenants less likely to miss rental payments in order to minimise the impact of a number...

Annual rent rises in Scotland hit a three-year low in April, according to new figures. Your Move's Scotland Buy-to-Let Index shows that...

Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...

The latest survey of arrears in England and Wales suggests the level now stands at 9.1 per cent of all rent...

A trade body is warning that the government’s new Universal Credit payments could have a disastrous impact on private lettings with...

Respected credit ratings agency Fitch says buy to let will thrive for the next 12 to 24 months but the effects...

The government has updated the Section 8 and Section 13 forms which apply to private letting in England: they come into...

This evening at 9pm sees the start of a second season of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords on Channel 5.  The 10-part series...

Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...

Scottish tenants are paying off late rent amid improving household finances, according to Your Move.  As of January the proportion of late...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is standing up for the private rental sector in its response to the government’s inquiry into homelessness. The...

The number of tenants seriously behind on rent has risen by 13.8 per cent.  An arrears tracking index conducted by letting agencies...

The National Landlords Association has launched a new campaign - Reinventing Renting - to encourage landlords to make their lettings businesses...

A firm has launched a new service for landlords and agents which is designed to speed up and increase the recovery...

A formal tenancy deposit dispute could be defused by something as basic as a simple conversation, says the Association of Independent...

A total of 74,000 private sector tenants owe more than two months’ rent - this is up 4.4 per cent in...

The number of landlords with buy to let mortgages that are more than three months in arrears has dropped for the...

Scottish rents have fallen month-on-month for the first time since the start of the year - and rent controls may make...

Rents across England and Wales have dipped by 0.1 per cent and now stand at an average of £803 per month. Annual...

The Channel Five series Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords - which ends its first series this evening at 9pm - has been...

Tenant arrears are rising in Scotland, even though letting agents’ fees on tenants are banned. Agents’ fees on renters, which are legal in...

There has been a sharp rise in rent arrears - they made up 8.7 per cent of all rent payable in...

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for a minimum of two years after failing to comply with...

The second episode of Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, due to air tomorrow evening at 9pm, will feature three separate...

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of private sector tenants owing more than two months rent, according...

A pop star has been evicted from his London flat owing his landlord more than £30,000 in rent and causing him...