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Leading property lawyer David Smith is to give agents an update on a key legal case at a webinar next week. Smith,...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

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

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday.  This will require all Assured Shorthold...

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...

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

A minority of agents remain unaware of their duties when it comes to tenant repairs requests, something which could invalidate landlords'...

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...

Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...

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

Eviction specialists at Landlord Action are raising concerns as to whether there are sufficient resources, especially at local council level, to...

Some 88 per cent of tenants say they are unaware of the new law introduced this week intended to protect them...

Property repair software company Fixflo has issued last-minute guidance for agents and landlords regarding the Section 21 changes which come into...

The government has confirmed that its new Section 21 regulations will come into effect on October 1 despite a high-profile hitch...

A landlord body says it has had confirmation from the government that there is an error in the published version of...

Parliament has approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - the regulations which looked in jeopardy after a...

A major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the private rented sector risks undermining confidence in the new Section 21 legislation...

The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  Under the...

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  Under the...

Landlords could risk facing heavy fines if they fail to protect their tenants’ deposits before an important new deadline on June...

The Deposit Protection Service is reminding letting agents and landlords that they have to act with extreme urgency over older tenancy...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government’s controversial Deregulation Act, which is now in force, is creating critical new...

Landlords and letting agents have been issued a reminder that they have less then three weeks to protect tenancy deposits with...

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...

Airbnb is letting out a two-bedroom floating house on the Thames to publicise the changes in short term letting rules in...

Letting agents have received another warning from legal experts to familiarise themselves with new legislation introduced just before MPs broke up...

The Deposit Protection Service says agents and landlords must act soon over older tenancy deposits now that new legislation has introduced...