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![Renters Rights Bill promised by government in blizzard of new laws](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform and Solar Panels to be key pledges in King’s Speech](/upload/images/shutterstock_514013710.jpg)
Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Households will have to invest in Green technology - Carney](/upload/images/EcoHomes-2-400x310.png)
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn Rayner - “don’t scrap Section 21 without a replacement”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants reveal biggest ‘deal breakers’ when looking for rental property](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829(4).jpg)
Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove: Rental EPCs must be improved with government help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Soaring Council Tax Arrears prompts call for new bailiff rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy Performance Certificates slammed as “inaccurate”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service Which? Which?...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Eco-Improvements demanded by most tenants - new bank survey](/upload/images/shutterstock_2208680371.jpg)
A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters increasingly reconciled to not owning a home in future](/upload/images/shutterstock_87219307.jpg)
Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMO award winners revealed - are you amongst them?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Software company COHO has presented wards to agencies, suppliers and individuals involved in the HMO business. The firm says the awards honour...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beefed Up EPC must be priority for next government - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beef Up Renters Reform Bill to stop even more evictions - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_199526675.jpg)
A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - will it become law by July 4?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2371733763.jpg)
A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![What about Rental Reform? Labour puts issue on the back burner](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour must come clean on Business Rates, says agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_414153883.jpg)
A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency urges second home owners to be Airbnb hosts for tax reasons](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The head of a lettings agency in Kent says it would be a “practical solution” for second home owners to become...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Extraordinary 200 amendments to Renters Reform Bill in Commons today](/upload/images/shutterstock_1059911315.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - new RICS standard for agents to launch this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government to double council tax on empty homes after one year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government. A...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Business Rates - Agency warns Hunt he has last chance to get them right](/upload/images/shutterstock_2355420851.jpg)
The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMRC rakes in hundreds of millions more in property-related tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![One in nine renters using foodbanks - industry supplier’s claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants to face lower energy bills - announcement this week](/upload/images/shutterstock_2394011787.jpg)
Respected energy industry consultancy Cornwall Insight says the price cap for the April to June period this year - to be...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surge in interest for energy efficient homes - Rightmove data](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ desperate plea to prevent exodus of student landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords. The news comes as a poll conducted...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council sets up own agency to let and manage private rentals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants flee cities as high rents push them to outer areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Seven Tips this lettings agency is giving its landlord clients](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry figure backs Renters Reform Bill pets policy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Politicians demand Christmas ban on Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector Won't Become Energy Efficient without Incentives - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes. Office for National Statistics...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fairer Rental Sector is key Propertymark demand for Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rural tenants hit hardest by rent rises caused by stock shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - owners all at sea over where to start](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax and Benefit Changes announced to impact housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Business Rates - ‘last chance for government to help High Street’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bills Included - most tenants want all-inclusive charges](/upload/images/shutterstock_1826666417.jpg)
A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill part of ‘brighter future for UK’ claims Sunak](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - Eco-activists jubilant after agents suffer legal setback](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Warning over winter rise in meter tampering and energy theft](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
New data reveals a 68 per cent surge in reports of meter tampering and energy theft during winter. The data - revealed...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Radical EPC rating B target demanded by business consortium](/upload/images/_EPC6-400x310.png)
A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Parents and Pet Owners Pay More for Renting - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge number of renters struggle to make payments - Which?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent operator pledges dramatic EPC improvement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top Five Tenant Must Haves revealed by investment platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Viewing-Tenants-400x310.png)
A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPCs and Energy Efficiency - Agents' five point plan for change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Another Interest Rate Rise On The Way - leading expert warns](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayors want unlimited council tax on empty properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to allow him to levy effectively uncapped council tax bills on...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity wants taxpayers money to help renters during crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
Citizens Advice is calling on the government to provide an unspecified amount of assistance to renters during the current cost of...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Stricter EPCs - Rightmove warns it could take DECADES to retrofit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Low_EPC-400x310.png)
A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rishi Sunak hints at fundamental reform of EPC system](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spare Room sector remains tiny niche market - new figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_1469197097.jpg)
A new study claims to reveal what it calls “a significant disparity in the spare room rental market.” The research shows that...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Opinion: What price and salary structure is best for our industry?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2192453705.jpg)
Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shocking rise in numbers of landlords desperate to sell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A sales agency specialising in disposing of buy to let portfolios says it’s now received an averaged 240 enquires a month...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rebranded agency launches all-inclusive tenancy deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
My Property Box Tyne & Wear has extended its all-inclusive rent deal - and it says it’s in response to concerns...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Survey shows widespread ignorance about interest rates](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
The results of a new survey show widespread ignorance about how interest rates work and about how the Bank of England’s...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill prompts agents’ calls to helpline](/upload/images/shutterstock_1343411174.jpg)
A webinar says the Renters Reform Bill is the biggest challenge facing lettings agents - and it’s prompted calls to a...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy efficiency targets ARE popular with rental sector - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
According to new research from Mortgage Advice Bureau, two-fifths of landlords believe that new EPC requirements are important for the environment and will...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property company boss rubbishes 100% mortgage help for tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Returning%20Homebuyer%20Show%20Scotland.png)
A company that tries to encourage people to buy a home in ‘chunks’ says few first time buyers are interested in...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of tenants missed rental payments last month - Which?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
An estimated 700,000 households across the UK missed rent or mortgage payments in April, according to the consumer body Which? It has...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Student activists allege high incidence of damp and mould](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Mould-400x310.png)
An activist group claims that 54 per cent of students are currently living with damp and mould. The group - Students Organising...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Newspaper names agency in middle of high profile mould dispute](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Mould-400x310.png)
An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...
28 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sales market supply set to rise as more landlords quit - prediction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Report identifies tenants most at risk from EPC rule changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
London’s renters are most at risk from finding their homes either being un-lettable or their landlord selling up due to the...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Message to Gove: EPC rule changes “devastating” for rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Many renters want government help for first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
New research from The Mortgage Lender reveals that 44 per cent of renters would like more cost-of-living support from the government. Specifically...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents say Business Rate changes for branches are ‘not enough’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent reports landlords willing to sell at a loss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents try to shore up investor confidence after house price fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Speculation grows about future changes to EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent tells Gove: cease attacks on private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investment hotspots for holiday home buyers revealed by survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters quit big city centres in search of lower rent locations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will Chancellor Hunt’s Budget dare help the rental sector?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency chief wants a raft of measures to help the private rental sector and investors in next week’s...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
!['Bills Included' now increasingly popular with tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
New research from Rightmove suggests that all-inclusive rents are rising up the list of priorities for tenants using the portal. The research...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Are EPCs reliable for estimating energy efficiency?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency backs controversial clean air zone concept](/upload/images/shutterstock_2105022104.jpg)
Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers is backing a clean air zone in its city. The agency’s two cars, both Volkswagen ID-3s, are part...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants’ mental health hit by high rents - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
A property firm is claiming that nearly half of the UK’s younger generation of renters stay up at night worrying about...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Illegal sub-letting case ends with £34,000 for former tenant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
A young family have started 2023 in their new permanent home after a London council recovered the property from an illegal...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze U-turn welcomed by leading agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax incentives best way to improve rental EPCs - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxTime-400x310.png)
The government has been accused of pushing up the cost of home insulation because of a poorly timed public campaign. The National...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy support for agencies and other firms to be cut from April](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
The government is, as expected, scaling back support for businesses with energy bills from April. Under the new and less expensive scheme,...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![It's War! Call for 'national mobilisation' to improve EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency_Savings-400x310.png)
An all-party and influential committee of MPs says the UK should be put on a war footing to improve the energy...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Plummeting commercial property - an alternative to buy to let?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent reveals his answer to the private rental stock shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentBuy-400x310(1).png)
The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Soaring demand for ‘bills included’ rental property - Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
A new analysis of the market released this morning by Rightmove shows that this year has seen the most competitive on...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants will pay more for low-carbon home - Build To Rent firm’s claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
Research released today by Legal & General, a player in the Build To Rent sector, claims that renters are willing to...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMO Council Tax Reform - government pledge to consider change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
The government has made a general commitment to work with those who want council tax reforms for Homes in Multiple Occupation. Earlier...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![More agents buy rent protection insurance as arrears worry grows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build More Homes Now! Agency chief demands action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Call for industry to lobby MPs over HMO council tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_4-400x310.png)
A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Asking rent cut after social media slams agency’s Zoopla listing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/_LinkedIn-400x310.png)
A news website is reporting that a landlord cut the asking rent of a property after social media criticism of its...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants at each others’ throats because of costs - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The overwhelming majority of people who live in shared rented properties say that the rising cost of household bills is likely...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![People ignorant of EPC ratings despite new rental regulations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC6-400x310.png)
With EPC ratings now a prominent part of letting a property, with stricter government regulations likely, new research suggests substantial numbers...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax turmoil to dominate Autumn Statement warns leading agency](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_JeremyHunt%20_400x310.png)
One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan’s ‘rental summit’ excludes agents and landlords](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SadiqKhan-4-400x310.jpg)
Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, held a summit yesterday about the capital’s private rental sector - but he did not...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents accused of pushing landlords into raising rents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgencyBoards-Lettings-400x310.png)
A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...