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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...

The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...

Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...

A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

Wales’ Labour-led administration is to announce a three-pronged approach to affordability issues - and it looks likely to involve a clampdown...

Propertymark has accused the Scottish Government of rushing through the latest eviction ban extension without proper consultation. At the end of last...

The Labour-run Haringey council in London says some housing conditions in the private rental sector lead to anti-social behaviour. Letting Agent Today...

A proposal for one of the country’s largest ever private rental sector licensing schemes has gone out to consultation. Manchester’s Labour council...

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,...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

A leading buy to let mortgage expert has backed the government’s pledge to issue a White Paper and additional consultation before...

Some lettings industry figures are beginning to express doubt as to whether the government’s broad commitment to reform the private rental...

The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

A London council has embarked on consultation over two new private rental licensing schemes - and says they are needed as...

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...

Rightmove’s David Cox - formerly of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - is to talk through the Budget fallout for...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...

Earlier this week ARLA branded local councils pursuing private rental licensing during the pandemic as “socially irresponsible” - but one of...

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...

Lambeth council is consulting agents, landlords and others on its latest licensing proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupation. The new proposals would...

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

A lettings agent has spoken out at a local council landlord licensing scheme, suggesting it might just be nothing more than...

A collective of government appointed accreditation schemes has called on the government to do more to improve energy efficiency in the...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs.  As is often the case with such schemes, the...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

A London council has been found to have operated an unpublicised consultation exercise for a licensing proposal - and is now...

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...

London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic.  Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...

Labour claims over 350 households in London alone were issued with a Section 21 notice during the first lockdown in spring...

A London council has dropped plans to restrict the creation of HMOs, a full 12 months after a consultation on the...

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...

It’s a year today since the closure of the formal government consultation into scrapping Section 21 powers for agents and landlords. In last...

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...

Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...

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

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...

A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...

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

A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...

Back in March 2019 we covered the story that Weymouth council in Dorset wanted a landlord licensing scheme for a town...

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...

A local authority has extended its consultation process for a selective licensing system which, if it goes ahead, would see some...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

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

A council in London, where landlords yields and margins are already tight, says it wants to charge £550 for a renewed...

Harrow council in north London has launched a formal consultation on its plan to renew its landlord licensing scheme in the...

Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...

Several local authorities at different stages of implementing rental licensing schemes have put their proposals on ice until the Coronavirus crisis...

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

Another council is consulting on introducing a selective licensing scheme - and again it claims it will “create better housing for...

A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...

One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21.  The call comes from the Law Society for...

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...

Oldham council is the latest to seek an extension of a selective licensing scheme beyond its mandatory five year term -...

Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous...

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

The Welsh Government says it’s going to issue clarifications to some issues before the end of this year; if agreed by...

Citizens Advice wants the next government to radically alter the private rental sector in favour of tenants.  The charity’s 2019 election manifesto,...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

The government has given an extra £3.8m to councils to come up with ways of catching rogue landlords - and in...

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...

Lettings agents are being invited to tell a big city council how to improve its private rental sector strategy.  Manchester local authority...

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

Labour-run Leeds city council is introducing a licensing scheme which requires landlords to pay up to £825 per property. The deadline for...

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

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

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

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

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

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

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...

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

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants agents and tenants to have access to the government’s high profile but so far...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...

Another local authority has announced that it wants to introduce another selective licensing scheme and designate its entire patch for HMO...

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

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

A London council wants to extend its private rental sector licensing scheme - and in doing so is boasting of the...

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

An independent review into selective licensing in the private rental sector makes a series of recommendations to tighten processes, with the...

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

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

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

Online lettings agency RentMyHome is partnering with a trade group for home stagers in order to offer clients discounted services. MyHomeGroup owns...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...

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

A formal consultation process has started to consider government plans to extend Anti-Money Laundering from property sales to lettings as well. Unveiled...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...

The government’s plan to scrap Section 21 is personally backed by the Prime Minister and will begin formal consultations today. If the...

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

Leicester is the latest council to begin consultations on selective licensing in six parts of the city - with the threat...

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

Another controversial scheme licensing landlords who let their homes out may face legal challenge. Middlesbrough council’s formal consultation on the introduction of...

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

More local authorities have announced that they want to increase the size of the areas covered by their existing selective licensing...

A legal firm has renewed its criticism of local authority licensing schemes, accusing them of “persecuting” landlords. David Kirwan, managing partner at...

Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...

Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...

Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...

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...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

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

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

The Residential Landlords Association is threatening a council with a judicial review because of unresolved concerns over the authority’s selective licensing...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...

Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...

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

A trade body says it has been assured by the government that there will be no premature announcement introducing longer tenancies...

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...

Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...

The Residential Landlords Association has told another council that its plans to introduce selective licensing in areas of its town are...

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...

The government has produced new guidelines on setting up client money protection schemes for the private rented sector. They are evidently aimed...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says proposals from Great Yarmouth council to introduce selective licensing in one part of the town contains...

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...

The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...

Close examination of the consultation document on possible three year tenancies issued by the government suggest that it may want rent...

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...

Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...

The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...

The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...

Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...

A 10 week consultation period begins today on selective licensing in the central area of Blackpool - with the council threatening...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

Local media in Bristol say politicians in the city are considering supporting a controversial website that allows tenants to rate and...

The Welsh Government’s housing minister has tweeted that the results of a formal consultation process on a ban on agents’ fees...

One of the industry’s highest profile trade bodies has rebranded with a new logo and heavily revised website.  The National Landlords Association...

This is a rare story: a council has dropped a plan for a lettings licensing scheme as a result of 900...

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...

Figures released by the government show huge support for the extension of the offences under which agents and landlords may in...

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...

The Residential Landlords Association says it welcomes the government’s decision to reduce the likely maximum payment by landlords for energy improvements...

HM Revenue & Customs has launched a consultation on adding tax checks to private rental sector licensing schemes - in other...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has come out against a single government-administered system for Client Money Protection in the private...

The Welsh Government has confirmed that the country will ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - the same ban still...

The National Landlords Association has unveiled a new tool which could help agents and landlords keep across the ever-rising number of...

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

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

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

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says it is to begin “pre-legislative scrutiny” of proposals to ban tenant fees imposed...

A trade body says there are 15 formal government consultations going on within the private rental sector - and now it’s...

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...

Yet another formal government consultation is under way, this time into smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rental sector...

Agency groups have spoken in favour of the government’s call for letting agents to be trained as a mandatory part of...

The controversial consultation period undertaken by the government in support of its proposed ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

The government has announced that all letting agents will be required to “satisfy minimum training requirements” in order to trade. The provision...

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

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist operator Leasehold Solutions is the latest to welcome the government’s suggestion of a regulatory watchdog to oversee leasehold...

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...

Letting Agent Today understands that senior industry figures are working on the framework of a new attempt at regulation, including measures...

Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...

Letting agents using insured deposit protection schemes have been urged to switch to a custodial model in order to compensate for...

Now you have a rare opportunity to tell Phillip Hammond and Treasury civil servants exactly where they are going wrong with...

The Welsh Government’s communities and children secretary, Carl Sargeant, is calling on tenants to have their say on proposals to ban...

A new licensing scheme in Nottingham has moved a step closer with the proposal being sent to the government for approval.    The council’s...

The Welsh Government is now kicking off a similar consultation process to that conducted by the Department for Communities and Local...

The government has revealed that it has received over 4,700 responses to its official consultation over the proposed ban on letting...

Proposals in Scotland for a minimum energy efficiency standard for privately let homes could damage the sector, especially in rural communities.   That’s...

The consumer group Citizens Advice says it welcomes the Queen’s Speech confirmation of the upcoming ban on letting agents’ fees levied...

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...

Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...

A group of letting agencies in Yorkshire have proposed to the government a radical alternative to the proposed fees ban -...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

A two-branch letting agent is offering landlords 0% management fees for six months in preparation for the proposed ban on agent...

A letting agency is urging landlords to respond to the consultations for three selective licensing schemes in its local area. homes4u, which...

The campaign group Acorn, which has in the past named individual letting agencies that it claims are charging unfairly high fees,...

A survey conducted for a property sales platform shows a very substantial majority of the public against any agents' fees being...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it has so far received over 700 detailed responses to its consultation on the...

The Fair Fees Forum, originally established before the proposal to ban letting agents’ fees imposed on tenants in England, now says...

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

A local authority consultation exercise on a licensing system for local landlords has been postponed until June 12, four days after...

The anti-letting agency fee pressure group Generation Rent is urging its supporters to participate in the government formal consultation over agents’...

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is calling on the government to either extend the consultation period for the proposed ban...

A trade body has suggested that the General Election on June 8 may lead to a government with new priorities, meaning...

A prominent campaigning letting and sales agent predicts that the Conservatives are likely to put their proposed ban on letting agency...

The Department of Communities and Local Government is scrapping a series of workshops for letting agents to discuss the proposed ban...

The ban on letting agents in England imposing fees on tenants is unlikely to be implemented before late next year according...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has told its agent members that they should urgently lobby their Members of Parliament to...

A prominent campaigner over the misappropriation of rental deposits has welcomed the news that government proposals to ban letting agent fees...

The Liberal Democrats appear to be taking what they see as the credit for the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’...

The Scottish Government has opened formal consultation on its attempts to introduce minimum standards of energy efficiency for the private rented...

ARLA Propertymark says it will launch a campaign against the government’s proposed ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants “in...

The government’s formal consultation on its proposed ban for fees levied on tenants by agents has been greeted with derision and...

The government has finally unveiled its formal consultation process on the proposal to ban letting agents levying fees on tenants in...

The government has issued a new statement saying unequivocally that letting agents’ fees on tenants will be banned in England -...

There are 4,000 jobs at risk if an outright ban comes into force on letting agents’ fees according to new research...

The Property Ombudsman and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have announced a second phase of their campaign to tackle letting agents...

The working group set up by the Department of Communities and Local Government to consider Client Money Protection says the scheme...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...

A trade body has backed government plans to introduce so-called ‘banning orders’ for rogue letting agents and landlords, but it says...

The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...

Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has repeated it call for the government to ban up-front letting agent fees at the...

Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...

Now Northern Ireland appears to be in the frame for substantial changes to the private rental sector according to the Association...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell says recent changes to buy to let mortgage interest relief and stamp duty will only affect a...

The government says the formal consultation on the proposed introduction of a ban on letting agent fees levied on tenants in...

Consultation has begun on a new licensing scheme for landlords being proposed by Nottingham council.    It runs until March 31 and gives...

A consultation on whether to introduce stronger rules to control the number of 'to let' boards in Durham has just started.    The...

One of London’s leading politicians has created guidelines to help individuals ‘secret shop’ in a bid to expose what she claims...

Manchester council - which previously described selective licensing schemes in the private rental sector as ineffective - has done a U-turn...

The National Landlords Association has rejected a central plank of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for housing - the introduction of yet more...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning the government that some of its proposed changes to regulations governing HMOs may...

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...

The local council in Nottingham wants to introduce a city-wide licensing scheme of all landlords across its estimated 43,000 private rental...

The managing director of one of the most prominent letting agencies in Edinburgh and Glasgow - where agents’ fees on tenants...

The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...

A letting agency says the scale of confusion over letting agents’ fees is such that some tenants actually believe the deposit...

The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...

At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...

Many agencies have spoken out in dismay at the announcement by government that letting agency fees on tenants would be banned...

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...

Earlier this month we reported on Belfast council’s decision to open a public consultation on whether To Let boards should be...

The government is considering a ban on the display of To Let boards in parts of Leicester following a council bid...

The government’s wave of measures to clamp down on the private rental sector and introduce harsher regulations for investors and landlords...

The Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...

Letting agents have just a week left to add their voice to the debate on whether mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP)...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is the latest industry body to back the Government's review of mandatory Client Money...

It appears that Wandsworth Council has backed away from a decision to implement a new landlord licensing scheme.   Research by London Property...

There is growing concern across the industry at the fear - which we reported yesterday - that the government may be...