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18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Many agents relieved Renters Reform Bill dropped - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark tells politicians - add agent regulation to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands “overhaul” of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Low level of landlord awareness about Reform Bill contents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![No scrapping fixed term tenancies - new appeal over Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill should include regulating letting agents, says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761(1).jpg)
Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - MPs set to be bombarded by emails](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails. Over...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Is the government deliberately delaying the Renters Reform Bill?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents List Radical Changes needed to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists oppose move away from Open Ended Tenancies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent activist group has come out against an amendment to the Renters Reform Bill which reversed the threat of...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - MPs to hear agents’ worries today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ role must be enhanced by Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_431846332(2).jpg)
The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour should champion lettings agent regulation - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scrap Renters Reform Bill! Leading agent makes dramatic plea](/upload/images/shutterstock_529322344.jpg)
A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Union urges government not to give in to private rental experts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fixed term tenancies MUST stay, industry tells government](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government relies on private rentals to keep Homes For Ukraine afloat](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
The government is relying on the private rented sector to bolster its high-profile Homes for Ukraine programme - despite a series...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![New tenancy rules may be threat to student lettings - claim](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/Co-living400x310.jpg)
There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent caps and two year tenancies wanted by council letting agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PiggyBank-House-400x310.jpg)
A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents edge up in some regions but market remains broadly stable](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Average void period now only three weeks across much of the country](/img/default/lat.png)
New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Worst regions for voids and affordability revealed by market snapshot](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest lettings sector index suggests that monthly rents increased from February to March in six of the eight regions of...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![New index measures rents, voids, tenancy length for England & Wales](/img/default/lat.png)
A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shelter links with deposits scheme charity to create ‘toolkit’ for renters](/img/default/lat.png)
An online toolkit for tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland with funding...