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Propertymark has made a strident set of demands of the government in a bid to end the so-called Sex For Rent...

No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...

Agents have only until Friday to respond to the committee of MPs currently calling for evidence concerning the reform of the...

Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...

There’s just a week left - including the long Jubilee celebration period - for agents to respond to a major property tax...

Propertymark has stepped up its call for a dedicated Housing Tribunal to improve mediation and enhanced dispute resolution. The trade body also...

Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification.  The OTS has published an...

Jersey is calling for views on whether the island’s estate agents should be subject to greater regulation.  The island’s Economic and International...

Propertymark has called for a return of mortgage interest relief and a review of landlord taxes to boost the rental sector. The...

Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

A leading PropTech exponent is supporting the government’s Housing Court initiative, suggesting it could make redress for agents, landlords and tenants...

Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

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

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...

You have only until 11.45pm tonight to have your say on government proposals to clamp down on letting and managing agents...

One of the senior figures in the UK’s burgeoning Build To Rent sector has called on the Chancellor to help this...

Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...

PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...