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There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

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

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

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...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

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

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

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

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

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

A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...

A Cardiff lettings agent claims to have become the first in Wales to stop charging fees to new and existing tenants. CPS...

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...

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

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

Another local authority has announced that it wants to introduce another selective licensing scheme and designate its entire patch for HMO...

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

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to complete the largest privately funded development in Wales, Cardiff Central Square, which will include...

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

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it fears the government needs to do more to prevent the possibility of banned...

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

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

There’s a warning this morning that the root-and-branch reform of the agency industry recommended by a government-backed working party will be...

Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...

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

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Trade organisations including the Association of Residential Letting Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

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...

In the past 18 months more than 200 landlords from across Scotland have been found to be in breach of a...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

Both sides of the Right To Rent debate are squaring up for their latest court battle. Earlier this year the High Court...

Media reports in London suggest that Labour’s hyper-active housing spokesman on the Greater London Assembly may be under threat from Jeremy...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

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,...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

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

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...

If you are a letting agent who has begun to question your worth, stop. The value of property management is rising...

An independent review into selective licensing in the private rental sector makes a series of recommendations to tighten processes, with the...

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme, which suggested a devastating fire in early January, has been recognised for the professional, efficient and calm...

The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...

Whirlpool has been ordered to recall 500,000 tumble dryers in what has been described as an “unprecedented” government move. Around half a million...

The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

A prominent consumer group claims that one in 10 tenants currently renting say they have at some point been evicted “for...

The head of the country's oldest agency recruitment consultancy says the tenant fee ban will hit staffing levels in the industry...

The consumer charity Citizens Advice has hailed the Tenant Fees Act and the ban on letting agents’ charges to renters as...

Agents have reacted angrily to the way in which the government released a new set of rental documents updated to include...

The government has agreed that a council in London where all 51 councillors are Labour should go ahead with a five...

The Tenant Fees Act comes into effect in England tomorrow - but a senior lettings expert is questioning whether it will...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...

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

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

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...

Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...

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...

The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...

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

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

The Scottish Government is investigating 114 businesses suspected of carrying out letting agency work without registration and has issued 86 compliance...

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...

A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...

Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...

The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

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

A formal consultation process has started to consider government plans to extend Anti-Money Laundering from property sales to lettings as well. Unveiled...

A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...

The scrapping of Section 21, as proposed by the government, shows that Whiteall has “a Dickensian view” of the buy to...

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

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...

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...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

The government has beefed up its support for councils identifying and prosecuting rogue landlords. Yesterday the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

A lettings sector trade body says EU citizens may face problems getting private rented accommodation after Brexit. And the body - the...

A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has launched a 10-element tool kit for agents ahead of the fees ban on June...

The government has issued new guidance notes on the Tenant Fees Act, aimed at agents, landlords and tenants. The publications come ahead...

Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...

The mandatory Client Money Protection scheme membership that comes into effect today will protect landlords and tenants from letting agents that...

A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. Local media in the south of...

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...

With the government already on the ropes over Brexit, there’s a call today for one of its flagship immigration policies to...

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

Rent rises in the year to the end of February, as released by the government’s Office of National Statistics, show growth...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has asked the government for urgent clarification on how Right To Rent will work post-Brexit...

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...

The Residential Landlords Association has given its backing to Zoopla’s ban on agents and landlords advertising properties to rent as ‘No...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...

One of Britain’s most experienced lettings experts has condemned the government for “almost singlehandedly destroying the traditional lettings market.” Lisa Simon -...

The government says it is still considering applications to operate Client Money Protection schemes from April, despite approving five schemes so...

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...

A leading trade body says the argument that councils have insufficient powers to tackle rogue operators isn’t supported by the facts...

Independent inventory reporting is the perfect complement to the government’s proposed housing reforms. That’s the view of the UK’s largest provider of...

The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that...

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

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

The government says it wants “an immediate change” in the policy of some letting agents and landlords who advertise ‘No DSS’...

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

The government has announced that over £19.5m is to be spent on paying deposits or paying the first month’s rent for...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...

Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...

An online platform says its management service for landlords can vary depending on individual client needs - a vital response to...

Another client money protection scheme has been given approval to launch itself before regulations go live on April 1.  From that date...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...

Client Money Protect has gained formal government approval to operate a client money protection scheme when the regulations go live on...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...

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

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...

The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...

One of the existing two government-authorised redress schemes governing estate and letting agents has called on landlords to voluntarily join, ahead...

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...

A rental platform says it welcomes government plans to overhaul redress for tenants and others in the housing system but it...

The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it backs the stricter rules on mandatory electricity checks in rental properties announced by...

Tenants are in for a rocky ride this year - and it’s chiefly the fault of government, says the chief executive...

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...

The government’s new redress system, announced last week and to be implemented later this year, must be free for renters to...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is demanding 'property MOTs' to help landlords trying to meet new energy efficiency targets. The government’s...

The chief executive of the Citizens Advice consumer charity says she wants government “to do even more to strengthen the hand...

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

There’s been broad support from the lettings sector for the wide-ranging reform of the redress system announced yesterday by housing secretary...

Disrepair in communal areas of private blocks is to be tackled in a new series of seminars for letting agents and...

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...

The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...

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

A council accused of paying over £500,000 to a landlord it had already ruled as unfit to rent out property is...

A lettings agency boss who says she is actually in favour of the agents’ fees ban nonetheless admits there will be...

There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...

A controversial Labour-controlled local authority which already has 91 per cent of its private rental properties inside licensing schemes is now...

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...

More than 50 councils across the country will share nearly £2.4m of extra government funding to crack down on rogue landlords. Among...

Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...

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

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...

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

It’s 2019, and we may all be wishing each other a Happy New Year, but for UK landlords, the outlook might...

The UK’s largest provider of inventory services says the creation of an MOT certificate system for properties in the rental sector...

The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...

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

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

There’s been a broad welcome from the industry to new guidance on room sizes on rented homes. The guidance was released just...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close.  Firstly...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that it will shortly choose which local authority will be the...

A lettings agency has been banned from running an Airbnb let in a residential block. It relates to a block in Glasgow...

In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...

A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...

A rental campaigner claims the amount of money stolen this year by crooked lettings agents and landlords has topped the £1.3m...

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...

Newton Property, a lettings management company in Scotland, is spending £100,000 on installing electric car charging points in properties it manages.  It...

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...

Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...

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

Shock figures released by an insurance company suggest that councils are woefully unable to police new regulations regarding mandatory HMO licensing. Figures...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says agents who accept that the lettings fee ban is coming and who plan positively for its...

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...

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...

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...

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

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

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

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...

The government has unveiled the spectre of a ‘global immigration system’ to be introduced from the end of 2020 - but...

Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...

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

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

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

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...

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

The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...

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

The Guardian says the government is committed to making a datebase of rogue letting agents and landlords available to tenants. The newspaper quotes...

The number of tenants seeing their rents rise continues to go up according to the latest market snapshot produced by the...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

Countrywide says landlords spent £12.1 billion buying rental properties in the first half of this year - a full 30 per...

A call has been made for the Tenants’ Fees Bill to be made even stricter following a claim that over a...

Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

A new branch of franchise agency Century 21 has opened in Chelmsford with two unusual pitches - its own ‘ban’ on...

A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...

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

The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...

There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...

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

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

Barbon Insurance Group, which trades as HomeLet and Rentshield Direct, has now snapped up Movem. Movem uses personal online banking transaction data...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...

Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...

Rent recognition platform CreditLadder, which enables renters to add their payments to their credit history, has announced a partnership which aims...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

The government's director of rented housing is set to address the industry at an upcoming event open to letting agents and...

A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

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

A trade body says it has been assured by the government that there will be no premature announcement introducing longer tenancies...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

Propertymark has launched a new Client Money Protection system, Money Shield, with a support statement from much of the lettings sector...

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

The ownership of buy to let property is much more evenly split between women and men than amongst other forms of...

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

The Rent Recognition Challenge, an initiative to use technology to help share renters' payment histories with lenders and credit reference agencies,...

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...