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The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

What appears to be the first court adjournment of an eviction case caused by the Coronavirus outbreak has happened - raising...

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

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

The Renters’ Reform Bill worries many in the private rental sector but the government says there is still no date for...

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

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...

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

Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...

A broad commitment to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto - and it’s been welcomed by a...

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...

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...

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...

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...

The Ministry of Justice says it takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from making a repossession claim to the...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

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

A buy to let investor has been fined almost £5,000 after admitting overcrowding.  Matteo Mariano, from Gedling in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty at...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

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

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

Housing minister Heather Wheeler has pledged that the government will make changes to the court repossession process alongside its plans to...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...

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

The government’s wish to use a modified Section 8 as an alternative to Section 21 for landlords seeking possession of their...

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

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

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...

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

Ambitious regional chain Linley & Simpson has opened a new branch in the Yorkshire market town of Pudsey after snapping up...

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

Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...

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

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

Private landlords have to wait an average of over five months to regain possession of a property when applying to the...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

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

The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...

Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...

MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

The police have launched a fraud probe against a Norfolk estate agency which closed in June.  The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) reports...

A date has been set for the next stage of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, which is being promoted...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...

The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...

The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...

In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...

A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...

Anti-deposits campaigning agent Ajay Jagota says the 2004 Housing Act - which actually came into effect in 2007 - may now...

The Residential Landlords Association has repeated its calls for a new housing court “to speed up justice for landlords and tenants.”   The...

A total of 17 letting agencies have signed up to a rental charter set up by a Labour MP.   Alan Whitehead, Labour...

Data from the Ministry of Justice suggests the number of claims made by private sector landlords to repossess a property has...

Crooked letting agencies have been convicted of stealing £1,018,100 of deposits this year alone – and one agent claims this figure...

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...

The case made by two landlords to have a judicial review of section 24 of the 2015 Finance Act - triggering...

A landlord that continually refused to sign up to a council’s selective licensing regime has been found guilty by the courts...

Burnley Council has brought a series of prosecutions against people responsible for unlicensed rented houses in the borough. The council has introduced...

The most common reason people give for not writing a will is that they “haven’t got around to it yet”. Sound...

The people behind the campaign to seek a judicial review of the buy to let tax changes proposed by Chancellor George...

The ability of the government to enforce controversial elements of the Right To Rent policy has been thrown into doubt by...

An industry body is suggesting that the outcome of a court case may significantly reduce the government’s ability to enforce its Right...

Two landlords of HMOs have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties - and now have to pay fines of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and repairs software company Fixflo have released a guidance on timelines to help agents handle...

Eviction specialists at Landlord Action say county courts are still overwhelmed by the number of possession claims being put forward, a...

A landlord has been ordered to pay a fine and costs of £2,925 for unlawfully evicting a tenant from a house...

The publication Environmental Health News has secured the release of files showing the details of hundreds of convicted private landlords in...