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![Covid 19 used as excuse to bring in anti-buy to let rules - agency group](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has accused governments across the UK of using Covid 19 rule changes to slip in...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![New deadline for agents handling Right To Rent process](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
There’s been yet another deadline change for the revised Right To Rent rules. Temporary checks introduced at the height of the pandemic...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Central London rents: Bullish forecast for 2022](/upload/images/Locations/Central-London400x310.png)
Central London rents are now 7.5 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A detailed analysis of just 100 properties by property consultancy...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![New Covid guidance to letting and estate agents](/upload/images/Coronavirus/CoronavirusLockdown-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for letting and estate agents in England. - Isolation...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![New rules for un-vaccinated tenants living with those with Covid](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus3-400x310-min.jpeg)
The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances. New guidelines issued by...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Omicron - government guidance for private rental sector this winter](/upload/images/library/Coronavirus2-400x310-min.jpeg)
Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![ARLA Conference: Jabs or Covid tests mandatory if you want to attend](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus4-400x310-min.jpeg)
ARLA has made it clear to attendees at next month’s Propertymark Conference and Exhibition in London that they must show proof...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy disputes tumble thanks to Covid caution by tenants](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
Reluctance to move during the pandemic is thought to be a key reason for a sharp drop in tenancy disputes between...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Possession rules change extended until May 2022](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenancy-Agreement-400x310.png)
Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities is extending the regulations for the period of notice a landlord must give a tenant before...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets operators to keep many Covid safety precautions](/upload/images/Coronavirus/CoronavirusImage-400x310.jpg)
The majority of short lets operators in a sector trade body say they will maintain Covid-safe protocols for the foreseeable future,...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents given two months longer to prepare ‘normal’ Right To Rent](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has extended the ‘special arrangements’ for Right To Rent checks - these will now be in force until September...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents must still help landlords and tenants during Covid - ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid - how it's hit the lettings market over the past year](/img/default/lat.png)
With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Extend the eviction ban AGAIN insists new charity campaign](/img/default/lat.png)
A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Family bounce back from redundancy to set up lettings agency](/img/default/lat.png)
An enterprising mother and daughter are bouncing back from being made redundant due to Covid-19 by setting up their own lettings...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![London the biggest rental sector loser as a result of Covid - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Pandemic changes the lettings market](/img/default/lat.png)
The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...
01 December 2020
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![Covid set to dominate 2021 - what agents need to consider](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency and landlord clients come to the aid of ICU frontline nurses](/img/default/lat.png)
An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...