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The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...
10 May 2022
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Just over 7,000 households in London have been threatened with homelessness in the past three years alone after being issued with...
10 May 2022
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Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...
05 May 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...
26 April 2022
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Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...
22 April 2022
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The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...
21 April 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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One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...
28 March 2022
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Another council is to conduct a consultation process to expand selective and additional licensing schemes for the next five years. Under existing...
28 March 2022
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A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...
24 March 2022
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A local authority is launching an investigation into what housing options there are for younger people within its patch, and whether...
21 March 2022
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A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...
18 March 2022
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Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification. The OTS has published an...
17 March 2022
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A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...
16 March 2022
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Walsall council is proposing additional licensing to improve conditions and management of HMOs in five wards where there are high numbers...
10 March 2022
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One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...
08 March 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...
08 March 2022
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A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...
18 February 2022
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Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...
15 February 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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It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...
07 February 2022
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UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...
01 February 2022
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Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...
31 January 2022
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Extending the length of Notice to Quit periods in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland to up to six months...
27 January 2022
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New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...
21 January 2022
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Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...
14 January 2022
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A leading expert on the private rental sector predicts it will take three years for the government to scrap Section 21 evictions...
30 December 2021
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Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...
23 December 2021
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The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...
22 December 2021
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Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...
21 December 2021
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Bristol council has approved plans to introduce licensing in more parts of the city. Additional Licensing and Selective Licensing schemes will be...
20 December 2021
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The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...
24 November 2021
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Jersey is calling for views on whether the island’s estate agents should be subject to greater regulation. The island’s Economic and International...
15 November 2021
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The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...
09 November 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...
05 November 2021
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Consultation begins today on a selective licensing scheme for privately rented housing in 25 wards of Birmingham. Under the suggested scheme, all...
25 October 2021
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The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...
11 October 2021
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The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...
06 October 2021
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Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...
29 September 2021
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New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...
23 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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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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There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...
11 August 2021
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A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...
28 July 2021
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Wales’ Labour-led administration is to announce a three-pronged approach to affordability issues - and it looks likely to involve a clampdown...
06 July 2021
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Propertymark has accused the Scottish Government of rushing through the latest eviction ban extension without proper consultation. At the end of last...
28 June 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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A proposal for one of the country’s largest ever private rental sector licensing schemes has gone out to consultation. Manchester’s Labour council...
22 June 2021
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The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients. Peter Grant,...
21 June 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...
11 June 2021
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Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...
11 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 leading buy to let mortgage expert has backed the government’s pledge to issue a White Paper and additional consultation before...
14 May 2021
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Some lettings industry figures are beginning to express doubt as to whether the government’s broad commitment to reform the private rental...
13 May 2021
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The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...
12 May 2021
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...
12 May 2021
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Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...
06 May 2021
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Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...
16 April 2021
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Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...
07 April 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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The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...
24 March 2021
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A London council has embarked on consultation over two new private rental licensing schemes - and says they are needed as...
23 March 2021
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Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...
18 March 2021
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Rightmove’s David Cox - formerly of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - is to talk through the Budget fallout for...
09 March 2021
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This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...
03 March 2021
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One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...
25 February 2021
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ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...
19 February 2021
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Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...
10 February 2021
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The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...
22 January 2021
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Earlier this week ARLA branded local councils pursuing private rental licensing during the pandemic as “socially irresponsible” - but one of...
22 January 2021
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Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...
21 January 2021
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Lambeth council is consulting agents, landlords and others on its latest licensing proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupation. The new proposals would...
19 January 2021
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A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...
07 January 2021
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Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...
04 January 2021
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A lettings agent has spoken out at a local council landlord licensing scheme, suggesting it might just be nothing more than...
29 December 2020
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A collective of government appointed accreditation schemes has called on the government to do more to improve energy efficiency in the...
16 December 2020
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A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...
15 December 2020
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Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs. As is often the case with such schemes, the...
14 December 2020
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Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...
10 December 2020
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A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...
09 December 2020
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ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...
07 December 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...
04 December 2020
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A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has been found to have operated an unpublicised consultation exercise for a licensing proposal - and is now...
24 November 2020
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Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...
24 November 2020
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London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...
20 November 2020
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Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic. Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...
16 November 2020
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Labour claims over 350 households in London alone were issued with a Section 21 notice during the first lockdown in spring...
09 November 2020
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A London council has dropped plans to restrict the creation of HMOs, a full 12 months after a consultation on the...
04 November 2020
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The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...
20 October 2020
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Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...
15 October 2020
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It’s a year today since the closure of the formal government consultation into scrapping Section 21 powers for agents and landlords. In last...
12 October 2020
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A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...
22 September 2020
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Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...
02 September 2020
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The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Greenwich council in London has resuscitated a proposal to extend its existing selective licensing regime, put on ice during the Coronavirus...
10 August 2020
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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

Back in March 2019 we covered the story that Weymouth council in Dorset wanted a landlord licensing scheme for a town...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...
27 July 2020
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A local authority has extended its consultation process for a selective licensing system which, if it goes ahead, would see some...
27 July 2020
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There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...
16 July 2020
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A council in London, where landlords yields and margins are already tight, says it wants to charge £550 for a renewed...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Harrow council in north London has launched a formal consultation on its plan to renew its landlord licensing scheme in the...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Several local authorities at different stages of implementing rental licensing schemes have put their proposals on ice until the Coronavirus crisis...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...
20 March 2020
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When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...
28 February 2020
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Another council is consulting on introducing a selective licensing scheme - and again it claims it will “create better housing for...
28 February 2020
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A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21. The call comes from the Law Society for...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Oldham council is the latest to seek an extension of a selective licensing scheme beyond its mandatory five year term -...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government says it’s going to issue clarifications to some issues before the end of this year; if agreed by...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Citizens Advice wants the next government to radically alter the private rental sector in favour of tenants. The charity’s 2019 election manifesto,...
08 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 government has given an extra £3.8m to councils to come up with ways of catching rogue landlords - and in...
05 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

Lettings agents are being invited to tell a big city council how to improve its private rental sector strategy. Manchester local authority...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour-run Leeds city council is introducing a licensing scheme which requires landlords to pay up to £825 per property. The deadline for...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...
25 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

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough. The group...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior Labour housing spokesman is urging the government to press on with plans to outlaw the use of Section 21...
14 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

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

High profile eviction company Landlord Action says as many as 50 per cent of Section 21 cases it handles involve tenants...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants agents and tenants to have access to the government’s high profile but so far...
09 September 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 Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...
20 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Another local authority has announced that it wants to introduce another selective licensing scheme and designate its entire patch for HMO...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it fears the government needs to do more to prevent the possibility of banned...
23 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

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A London council wants to extend its private rental sector licensing scheme - and in doing so is boasting of the...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News

An independent review into selective licensing in the private rental sector makes a series of recommendations to tighten processes, with the...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Consultation is underway to extend a landlord licensing scheme in a London borough where a third of households rents privately. Three types...
12 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

Online lettings agency RentMyHome is partnering with a trade group for home stagers in order to offer clients discounted services. MyHomeGroup owns...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
01 May 2019
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A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...
29 April 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

A formal consultation process has started to consider government plans to extend Anti-Money Laundering from property sales to lettings as well. Unveiled...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government’s plan to scrap Section 21 is personally backed by the Prime Minister and will begin formal consultations today. If the...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Leicester is the latest council to begin consultations on selective licensing in six parts of the city - with the threat...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Another London local authority is proposing to insist HMOs require planning permission in future. Currently in Croydon multi-bedroom properties can be converted...
27 February 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

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
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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

A legal firm has renewed its criticism of local authority licensing schemes, accusing them of “persecuting” landlords. David Kirwan, managing partner at...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...
07 February 2019
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New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
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The Residential Landlords Association is threatening a council with a judicial review because of unresolved concerns over the authority’s selective licensing...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...
26 September 2018
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Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...
06 September 2018
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In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...
29 August 2018
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A trade body says it has been assured by the government that there will be no premature announcement introducing longer tenancies...
28 August 2018
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Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...
23 August 2018
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Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...
17 August 2018
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Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has told another council that its plans to introduce selective licensing in areas of its town are...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has produced new guidelines on setting up client money protection schemes for the private rented sector. They are evidently aimed...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association says proposals from Great Yarmouth council to introduce selective licensing in one part of the town contains...
26 July 2018
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An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...
10 July 2018
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A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...
09 July 2018
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Close examination of the consultation document on possible three year tenancies issued by the government suggest that it may want rent...
04 July 2018
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Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...
04 July 2018
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Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...
03 July 2018
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Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...
02 July 2018
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Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...
01 July 2018
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The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...
07 June 2018
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The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...
18 May 2018
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The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...
01 May 2018
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Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...
20 April 2018
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Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...
16 April 2018
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The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...
01 April 2018
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A 10 week consultation period begins today on selective licensing in the central area of Blackpool - with the council threatening...
28 March 2018
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One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...
19 March 2018
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Local media in Bristol say politicians in the city are considering supporting a controversial website that allows tenants to rate and...
12 March 2018
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The Welsh Government’s housing minister has tweeted that the results of a formal consultation process on a ban on agents’ fees...
01 March 2018
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One of the industry’s highest profile trade bodies has rebranded with a new logo and heavily revised website. The National Landlords Association...
26 February 2018
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This is a rare story: a council has dropped a plan for a lettings licensing scheme as a result of 900...
13 February 2018
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The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...
25 January 2018
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Figures released by the government show huge support for the extension of the offences under which agents and landlords may in...
29 December 2017
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The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...
28 December 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association says it welcomes the government’s decision to reduce the likely maximum payment by landlords for energy improvements...
22 December 2017
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HM Revenue & Customs has launched a consultation on adding tax checks to private rental sector licensing schemes - in other...
14 December 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has come out against a single government-administered system for Client Money Protection in the private...
11 December 2017
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The Welsh Government has confirmed that the country will ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - the same ban still...
06 December 2017
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The National Landlords Association has unveiled a new tool which could help agents and landlords keep across the ever-rising number of...
01 December 2017
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You have only until 11.45pm tonight to have your say on government proposals to clamp down on letting and managing agents...
29 November 2017
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The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...
23 November 2017
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Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...
21 November 2017
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The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says it is to begin “pre-legislative scrutiny” of proposals to ban tenant fees imposed...
20 November 2017
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A trade body says there are 15 formal government consultations going on within the private rental sector - and now it’s...
20 November 2017
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A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...
16 November 2017
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Yet another formal government consultation is under way, this time into smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rental sector...
09 November 2017
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Agency groups have spoken in favour of the government’s call for letting agents to be trained as a mandatory part of...
03 November 2017
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The controversial consultation period undertaken by the government in support of its proposed ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants...
02 November 2017
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Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...
02 November 2017
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The government has announced that all letting agents will be required to “satisfy minimum training requirements” in order to trade. The provision...
01 November 2017
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PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...
23 October 2017
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Leasehold enfranchisement specialist operator Leasehold Solutions is the latest to welcome the government’s suggestion of a regulatory watchdog to oversee leasehold...
20 October 2017
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Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday. The...
19 October 2017
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Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...
18 October 2017
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The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...
18 October 2017
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A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...
28 September 2017
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Letting Agent Today understands that senior industry figures are working on the framework of a new attempt at regulation, including measures...
27 September 2017
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Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...
27 September 2017
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Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...
15 September 2017
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According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...
14 September 2017
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Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...
13 September 2017
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The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...
07 September 2017
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A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...
06 September 2017
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Letting agents using insured deposit protection schemes have been urged to switch to a custodial model in order to compensate for...
05 September 2017
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Now you have a rare opportunity to tell Phillip Hammond and Treasury civil servants exactly where they are going wrong with...
23 August 2017
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The Welsh Government’s communities and children secretary, Carl Sargeant, is calling on tenants to have their say on proposals to ban...
22 August 2017
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A new licensing scheme in Nottingham has moved a step closer with the proposal being sent to the government for approval. The council’s...
25 July 2017
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The Welsh Government is now kicking off a similar consultation process to that conducted by the Department for Communities and Local...
21 July 2017
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The government has revealed that it has received over 4,700 responses to its official consultation over the proposed ban on letting...
12 July 2017
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Proposals in Scotland for a minimum energy efficiency standard for privately let homes could damage the sector, especially in rural communities. That’s...
05 July 2017
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The consumer group Citizens Advice says it welcomes the Queen’s Speech confirmation of the upcoming ban on letting agents’ fees levied...
23 June 2017
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ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...
22 June 2017
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The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...
21 June 2017
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Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...
07 June 2017
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A group of letting agencies in Yorkshire have proposed to the government a radical alternative to the proposed fees ban -...
05 June 2017
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A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...
02 June 2017
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Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...
25 May 2017
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A two-branch letting agent is offering landlords 0% management fees for six months in preparation for the proposed ban on agent...
12 May 2017
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A letting agency is urging landlords to respond to the consultations for three selective licensing schemes in its local area. homes4u, which...
12 May 2017
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The campaign group Acorn, which has in the past named individual letting agencies that it claims are charging unfairly high fees,...
09 May 2017
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A survey conducted for a property sales platform shows a very substantial majority of the public against any agents' fees being...
05 May 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it has so far received over 700 detailed responses to its consultation on the...
04 May 2017
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The Fair Fees Forum, originally established before the proposal to ban letting agents’ fees imposed on tenants in England, now says...
04 May 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the costs of tenant referencing must be exempt from the government’s proposed ban on...
03 May 2017
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A local authority consultation exercise on a licensing system for local landlords has been postponed until June 12, four days after...
02 May 2017
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The anti-letting agency fee pressure group Generation Rent is urging its supporters to participate in the government formal consultation over agents’...
27 April 2017
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Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...
26 April 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is calling on the government to either extend the consultation period for the proposed ban...
25 April 2017
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A trade body has suggested that the General Election on June 8 may lead to a government with new priorities, meaning...
25 April 2017
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A prominent campaigning letting and sales agent predicts that the Conservatives are likely to put their proposed ban on letting agency...
21 April 2017
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The Department of Communities and Local Government is scrapping a series of workshops for letting agents to discuss the proposed ban...
20 April 2017
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The ban on letting agents in England imposing fees on tenants is unlikely to be implemented before late next year according...
19 April 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has told its agent members that they should urgently lobby their Members of Parliament to...
18 April 2017
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A prominent campaigner over the misappropriation of rental deposits has welcomed the news that government proposals to ban letting agent fees...
18 April 2017
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The Liberal Democrats appear to be taking what they see as the credit for the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’...
13 April 2017
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The Scottish Government has opened formal consultation on its attempts to introduce minimum standards of energy efficiency for the private rented...
13 April 2017
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ARLA Propertymark says it will launch a campaign against the government’s proposed ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants “in...
10 April 2017
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The government’s formal consultation on its proposed ban for fees levied on tenants by agents has been greeted with derision and...
10 April 2017
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The government has finally unveiled its formal consultation process on the proposal to ban letting agents levying fees on tenants in...
07 April 2017
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The government has issued a new statement saying unequivocally that letting agents’ fees on tenants will be banned in England -...
07 April 2017
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There are 4,000 jobs at risk if an outright ban comes into force on letting agents’ fees according to new research...
28 March 2017
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The Property Ombudsman and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have announced a second phase of their campaign to tackle letting agents...
28 March 2017
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The working group set up by the Department of Communities and Local Government to consider Client Money Protection says the scheme...
28 March 2017
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Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...
23 March 2017
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A trade body has backed government plans to introduce so-called ‘banning orders’ for rogue letting agents and landlords, but it says...
17 February 2017
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The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...
08 February 2017
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Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...
06 February 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has repeated it call for the government to ban up-front letting agent fees at the...
01 February 2017
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Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...
01 February 2017
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Now Northern Ireland appears to be in the frame for substantial changes to the private rental sector according to the Association...
26 January 2017
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Housing minister Gavin Barwell says recent changes to buy to let mortgage interest relief and stamp duty will only affect a...
23 January 2017
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The government says the formal consultation on the proposed introduction of a ban on letting agent fees levied on tenants in...
20 January 2017
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Consultation has begun on a new licensing scheme for landlords being proposed by Nottingham council. It runs until March 31 and gives...
18 January 2017
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A consultation on whether to introduce stronger rules to control the number of 'to let' boards in Durham has just started. The...
10 January 2017
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One of London’s leading politicians has created guidelines to help individuals ‘secret shop’ in a bid to expose what she claims...
03 January 2017
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Manchester council - which previously described selective licensing schemes in the private rental sector as ineffective - has done a U-turn...
30 December 2016
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The National Landlords Association has rejected a central plank of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for housing - the introduction of yet more...
23 December 2016
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning the government that some of its proposed changes to regulations governing HMOs may...
19 December 2016
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The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...
14 December 2016
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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
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The managing director of one of the most prominent letting agencies in Edinburgh and Glasgow - where agents’ fees on tenants...
29 November 2016
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The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...
29 November 2016
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A letting agency says the scale of confusion over letting agents’ fees is such that some tenants actually believe the deposit...
29 November 2016
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The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...
29 November 2016
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At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...
25 November 2016
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Many agencies have spoken out in dismay at the announcement by government that letting agency fees on tenants would be banned...
24 November 2016
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Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...
23 November 2016
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Earlier this month we reported on Belfast council’s decision to open a public consultation on whether To Let boards should be...
16 November 2016
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The government is considering a ban on the display of To Let boards in parts of Leicester following a council bid...
21 October 2016
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The government’s wave of measures to clamp down on the private rental sector and introduce harsher regulations for investors and landlords...
19 October 2016
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The Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...
19 October 2016
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Letting agents have just a week left to add their voice to the debate on whether mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP)...
26 September 2016
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is the latest industry body to back the Government's review of mandatory Client Money...
13 September 2016
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It appears that Wandsworth Council has backed away from a decision to implement a new landlord licensing scheme. Research by London Property...
08 September 2016
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There is growing concern across the industry at the fear - which we reported yesterday - that the government may be...
31 August 2016
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The Law Society has accused the government of avoiding proper consultation and scrutiny in the way it has introduced new buy to let proposals. They...
30 August 2016
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Another major organisation within the private rental sector has thrown its weight behind mandatory Client Money Protection for letting agents in the...
25 August 2016
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Several influential industry bodies have thrown their weight behind a review into whether Client Money Protection should be mandatory for letting...
24 August 2016
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Letting agents and others in the industry have until October 3 to respond to a new review in to Client Money...
23 August 2016
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The local authority in Manchester is proposing to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the north of the city and has...
22 August 2016
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HM Revenue & Customs has launched a 12-week consultation on a proposal which it claims simplifies the tax demands levied on...
16 August 2016
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Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...
15 August 2016
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A London council will introduce two new licensing schemes in the New Year. These make it a legal requirement for landlords to obtain...
05 August 2016
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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
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Mortgage firms insisting on landlords proving their rental income could cover 145 per cent of their monthly payments could lead to...
05 July 2016
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders has told the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority not to add unnecessarily to the welter...
01 July 2016
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An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...
10 May 2016
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A buy to let lender says new underwriting rules from the Prudential Regulation Authority could trigger another rush to snap up...
29 April 2016
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Later today chancellor George Osborne will make his latest budget speech. It has been speculated that the announcement could include new measures...
16 March 2016
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There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...
09 March 2016
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A survey claims that despite the apparent rush to purchase buy to let properties before the stamp duty surcharge deadline of...
19 February 2016
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A leading lettings expert says George Osborne’s proposed stamp duty surcharge of three per cent may be just weeks from implementation...
18 February 2016
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The influencial cross-party Commons Treasury Committee says the whole economy could suffer is George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental...
15 February 2016
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One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...
10 February 2016
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The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...
01 February 2016
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has teamed up with 62 other property bodies to launch “a global consultation on ethics...
29 January 2016
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Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Letting Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...
25 January 2016
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A leading tax expert says there are likely to be unintended consequences of what he calls “half-cocked legislation” bringing in additional...
22 January 2016
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Ealing Council in London is undergoing a formal consultation about a proposal that all houses in multiple occupation within its boundaries...
15 January 2016
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Letting Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
05 January 2016
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Almost half of landlords are set to increase their rents in 2016 in a bid to counteract tax changes and higher...
31 December 2015
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The government is asking whether its proposed three per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second and subsequent homes...
30 December 2015
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Treasury proposals to hand greater powers to the Bank of England to make access to buy to let lending harder risks...
21 December 2015
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Hunters Estate Agents have taken the unusual step for a public company of criticising the government - in this case over...
18 December 2015
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The government is poised to launch a consultation document which is expected to advocate further restrictions on buy to let mortgage...
15 December 2015
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HM Revenue and Customs has published the responses it has received to its 12 week consultation on changing the Wear and...
10 December 2015
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The Orchard & Shipman Group is launching what it calls a ‘hybrid’ lettings service which - in its words - “brings...
24 November 2015
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The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a summary of the 600 responses it has received to its recent...
16 November 2015
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The specialist eviction company Landlord Action says it is in full support of the government’s latest proposal to crack down on...
11 November 2015
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The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size and a re-defining of what constitutes a House in Multiple Occupation in...
09 November 2015
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A so-called 'ethical lettings charter' established by a group that has campaigned against some letting agencies, is set to be adopted...
08 October 2015
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A local council is consulting on the creation of a charter involving letting agents, landlords, consumer bodies and university accommodation teams. If...
22 September 2015
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One of the UK letting industry’s leading agents says politicians should defer the new Right To Rent immigration checks until the start...
18 September 2015
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A group of agents, landlords and other property professionals has applied to appeal the decision to block an attempt to overturn...
11 September 2015
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London Mayor and Tory leadership wannabee Boris Johnson wants rogue operators in the private rental sectors to be banned with repeat...
08 September 2015
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Barnet is the latest council appearing to edge towards increased private rental sector licensing as it enters the final two weeks...
03 September 2015
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The Scottish Government has launched a consultation period for its proposed Code of Practice for Letting Agents. The proposed Code of Practice...
26 August 2015
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The growth of the PRS has provided a long list of benefits for the lettings industry. However, it is not without...
17 August 2015
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Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...
17 August 2015
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The Citizens Advice charity is urging people to lobby for more controls over the private rental sector, letting agents and landlords,...
17 August 2015
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Over 7,000 responses have been received in the second round of consultation over the Scottish Government’s proposals for private rental sector...
14 August 2015
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Around 47 per cent of landlords will be affected by changes to the annual wear and tear allowance. That’s the result of...
13 August 2015
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There have been angry scenes at a consultation meeting as a local authority seeks to extend its licensing scheme - thought...
07 August 2015
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Letting agents and other industry professionals are being consulted ver changes to the sector’s regulation - including possible blacklisting of rogue...
05 August 2015
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HMRC has revealed the scope of its proposed changes to the wear and tear allowance, as announced in George Osborne’s Budget...
21 July 2015
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The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London - appears to have abandoned...
10 July 2015
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The government appears to be trying to push its controversial idea to allow much more tenant-led sub-letting of private rented property...
09 July 2015
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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
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So spring has sprung and the Hare is on the loose. After a very long gestation period, the Veyo leveret has...
29 May 2015
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The Chartered Institute of Housing has welcomed Scottish Government moves to make private renting more secure for tenants. In its submission to...
13 May 2015
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An umbrella organisation representing parts of the private rented sector is to be put before the Scottish parliament in a bid...
11 May 2015
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A group of renters who have formed the Acorn group in Bristol - which has already held protests against letting agents...