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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...

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Paperwork released overnight by the government appears to confirm that the notice period for evictions is extending from two months to...

The Citizens Advice charity is the latest organisation to call for more help for private tenants following what appears to be...

Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

The government’s announcement that no new eviction proceedings from either social or private rented accommodation can start for at least three...

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

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The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

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

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

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

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

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...

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

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

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...

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

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

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

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

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

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...

One of the country’s leading lettings experts has outlined why the government is wrong to suggest that Section 8 powers could...

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...

The private rented sector would shrink by 20 per cent if Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions are abolished, according to an economic...

The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...

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

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

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

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

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

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

The Haart lettings agency says the government’s plan to abolish landlords’ Section 21 eviction powers may not be a bad thing. The...

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

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

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

The Ministry of Justice has announced that body-worn cameras must be worn by bailiffs recovering debt from individuals. The ministry adds that...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

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

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...

Tenants on state benefits could be the 'biggest casualties' of the government's 'ill-thought-out' plans to scrap the Section 21 evictions process,...

A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...

An activists’s group which in the past has held protests immediately outside letting agents’ offices is appealing for £10,000 to develop...

There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process.  The founder of Landlord...

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

An estate agency that describes itself as a ‘social enterprise’ says it will spend its profits on the homeless and related...

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

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 senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

One of the most vocal critics of lettings agents in recent years appears to be moving away from the property industry. Campbell...

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

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

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

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

A new study claims one in three Britons would be happy renting for the rest of their lives - but the...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

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

A growing number of tenants say they want to stay put in their rented home even if the landlord sells up. A...

The private rental sector is not fit for purpose when it comes to housing vulnerable tenants, claims debt charity StepChange which...

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

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

Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...

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...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

Newspapers in Kent are reporting that controversial buy to let multi-millionaire Fergus Wilson has evicted four single mothers from his properties...

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...

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

Two senior London politicians are backing a campaign to scrap the powers of agents and landlords to evict tenants under Section...

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

A collection of rental sector protest organisations is getting together to campaign against S21 powers under which landlords or agents on...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity claims that 28 per cent of private tenants who have experienced problems while renting have not...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...

A specialist insurance firm claims that only 17 per cent of tenants receive the latest version of the mandatory How To...

A head of a major agency says it is misleading to suggest that tenants are evicted ‘for no reason’. Mark Pilling, the...

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...

Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place.  The team behind the site describe...

The How To Rent guide - the document which has to be given to new tenants by letting agents or landlords...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...

An eviction company called Remove A Tenant has been the subject of a complaint after a Facebook post which implied tenants...

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

A series of free legal events for letting agents and landlords is to launch this month with an advisory session on...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims around one in 10 landlords quit the lettings sector each year.   Using new research by YouGov it says...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has written an angry letter of protest to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation following the publication of what...

One of the leading eviction specialists is calling for unregulated companies offering similar services to sign up to redress schemes in...

Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...

Agents are being warned to ensure they serve eviction notices correctly as the ‘peak eviction’ summer period arrives.  Specialist tenant referencing service...

A BBC survey claims that powers to combat so-called ‘revenge evictions’ are not being used by the majority of councils in...

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...

The latest demand by anti-letting agent pressure group Generation Rent is for the government to abolish the right of landlords or...

A legal firm claims up to 70 per cent of eviction notices issued could be defective, leaving agents and landlords open...

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

A report by buy to let guru Kate Faulkner says accidental landlords could unwittingly be contributing to some high profile problems in...

A report from Citizens Advice claims to show that a city’s letting agents charge a complex array of fees - with...

Citizens Advice claims that 2,087 people asked it for help after being threatened with what it describes as ‘illegal eviction’ in...

Specialist eviction service Landlord Action has outlined the quickest way to evict tenants under new regulations introduced by the Ministry of...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in some areas of the country no fewer than one-in-23 private rental sector tenants are apparently...

There were 3,100 fewer private rental households in serious rent arrears in the first quarter of this year compared to the...

Letting agents will be pleased to hear that landlords who manage all aspects of tenancies on their own are being warned...

Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...

The controversial campaign group ACORN, which has made headlines by protesting outside letting agency offices in Bristol, is launching a new...

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...

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The Local Government Association says recent prosecutions show that councils are cracking down on illegal evictions by landlords and their agents...

The National Landlords’ Association says an alarming number of private tenants are being told by their local authorities to ignore eviction...

The vocal campaign group Generation Rent is making the jaw-dropping claim that one in four private tenants has been evicted “for...

ARLA is  lobbying Justice Secretary Michael Gove urging him to consider allowing High Court Enforcement Officers to enforce possession orders without...

The number of tenants seriously behind on rent has risen by 13.8 per cent.  An arrears tracking index conducted by letting agencies...

Tenants could be trying to avoid eviction by damaging property and abusing the new legal system designed to ban revenge evictions,...

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

A Bill now making its way through the Welsh Assembly may “radically alter the way tenancy contracts are written” - but...

A mortgage chief has spelled out what many in the rental sector already know - that the new laws, rules and...

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...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a new software upgrade designed to help protect agencies in...

A campaign has started to enable more eviction cases to be transferred from county court to High Court in a bid...

Pressure group Generation Rent - a thorn in the side of many property professionals in recent years - has launched a...

Earlier this week the housing charity Shelter confounded many in the private rented sector by concluding on its website that tough rent...

Channel 5 has announced a new television series which will focus on the UK’s Private Rented Sector. Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords promises...

Tenant evictions have reached a record high 11,307 in the first quarter of the year according to government figures. However, the majority...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...

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