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The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...

A prominent PropTech figure says agents have a key role in reducing evictions in the short term - and he suggests...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan's call for a rent freeze in the capital. Yesterday, ahead...

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...

It’s been a difficult first half of 2020 for almost every agency business but Belvoir appears to have emerged healthier than...

Last month, we were all caught by the surprise news that the government was extending the temporary ban on evictions just...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

The ARLA Propertymark president for the year ahead is a long-standing board member with significant experience in regulation. Angela Davey succeeds Phil...

Letting agents and landlords in Wales can now direct struggling tenants to a new independent advice service. The Private Rented Sector Helpline...

Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

A rent guarantor service has rejected criticism of so-called Coronavirus break clauses in rental contracts. There’s been criticism in recent months of...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

A prominent lettings agent has come out in favour of the eviction ban extension - but he wants government cash help...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...

The Citizens Advice charity is calling for tenants with arrears directly created by the Coronavirus to be offered government grants to...

A high profile former estate agent who was a major figure on the London sales market for over three decades has...

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...

The Law Society has set out exactly what the extension of the eviction ban, announced on Friday, means to agents, landlords...

The new director of campaign group Generation Rent says the government has caused “untold mental stress” to thousands of tenants. Commenting on...

Labour leader Keir Starmer says the latest extension of the eviction ban is insufficient without a comprehensive plan by government.  “This eleventh...

The government has made a last minute U-turn on the eviction ban - extending it for four weeks until September 20. Housing...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman says “after the incompetent handling of the exams fiasco, the government must act now to avoid more chaos...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-authorised redress services, claims its new mediation option is a success. In March this...

The campaigning pressure group Generation Rent has returned to the battle to win an extension to the current evictions ban in...

A local authority is urging letting agents within its boundary to get in touch before serving eviction notices on private tenants. Gedling council...

The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...

The Short Term Accommodation Association, a trade body representing suppliers to the Airbnb-style short-term rental sector, has announced four new members. This brings...

A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

The National Residential Landlords Association is giving the thumbs up to the government’s Green Homes Grant, which it claims has taken...

The huge backlog of eviction and other cases anticipated in the coming months will be helped by the creation of a...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur is warning agents to prepare for increased rent arrears from as soon as next month. Neil Cobbold, chief...

The Citizens Advice charity is warning it has seen a huge surge in private renters worried about arrears.  And it says many...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...

The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter says she is expecting a “deluge” of cases when the eviction ban ends, but...

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

The government has outlined new court procedures to address the expected backlog of cases when eviction proceedings resume on August 24. For...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

The council in Liverpool is likely to propose a scaled-back private rental licensing scheme after its original suggestion was rejected by...

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...

While England’s housing market is almost fully operational, within social distancing guidelines, there are still some restrictions in Wales. Now the Welsh...

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...

Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its...

The government says it’s currently working to ensure the eviction process returns smoothly when the ban expires in late August. In the...

ARLA Propertymark has expressed its pleasure that the eviction ban, already extended by two months, will now expire at the end...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

In another sign of concern at the speed and volume of eviction cases once the ban is lifted at the end...

Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...

Confusion over Electrical Inspection Condition Reports, created by inaccurate statements from the government, has been slammed by a housing law expert.  Last...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies -...

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

The government has withdrawn its latest electrical safety checks guidance for the private rental sector, with immediate effect. However, there remains...

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...

The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...

Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...

Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...

Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...

Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months.  It will be...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

The current restriction on Airbnb-style short lets to 90 nights a year in London could spread to other cities - and...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued guidelines ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

Propertymark says it’s continuing to talk to government departments about making the furlough scheme flexible enough to meet agency industry needs.  A...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...

Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

Citizens Advice claims that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related...

A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is inviting agents and landlords to a series of webinars to discuss the three stages of a...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

Coventry council has been branded as irresponsible by a leading trade body for allegedly ignoring government advice on licensing schemes during...

It’s only eight weeks to the start off the new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector which come into...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...

The boss of a company that manages thousands of properties across the UK claims some tenants should be able to ask...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...

London agency Chestertons reports that despite the lockdown it’s registered 2,369 new tenants needing to move, conducted 3,432 virtual viewings, received...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...

A PropTech firm is making its Covid-19 functionality free to use for agents, landlords and tenants facing challenges in accessing properties.  Launched...

Research by the National Residential Landlords Association and the Which? consumer body has revealed that some 53 councils in England alone...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

A lettings agency is asking tenants who cannot afford to pay rent during the Coronavirus crisis to sign a ‘moral contract’ that...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

A local authority has postponed the extension of its private rental sector licensing regime - but it’s warning agents not to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising member companies to file their accounts on time in order to remain transparent...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s helping its franchisees “reshaping their businesses” to cope with the Coronavirus crisis. In a trading statement showing...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

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

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

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

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it has contacted the government to see whether its members are deemed ‘essential’ and...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

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

The government has yet to give explicit guidance relating to private rental maintenance, but new advice this morning appears to shed...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

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

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...

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...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...

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...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

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

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

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

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

The government has been called upon to issue specific Coronavirus guidance for the rental sector. The chief executive of the Association of...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

A rent guarantor service has taken a swipe at new housing minister Chris Pincher and his recent predecessors who have not...

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...

The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has been informed that the controversial Right To Rent checks forced on to agents and...

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

The government is driving landlords into the short let sector according to a trade body. The Residential Landlords Association, responding to recent...

Shelter, which routinely criticises lettings agents and landlords, has been slammed for the huge amount of public funding it receives -...

The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year.  In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...

The government has given the green light to a council’s huge licensing scheme, set to cover 18 of its 20 wards...

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...

The National Landlords Association has issued advice for the lettings sector on the coronavirus infection. Although much of the advice is a...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...

The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...

A former letting agent has been censured over the handling of tenancy deposits following an investigation by a local council. Andrew Rhys...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...

The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...

Enfield council in London has confirmed that it will introduce borough-wide additional licensing. It is also seeking consent from the government to...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

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