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11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants additional health and safety cladding measures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in service charges for flats triggered by fire precautions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government consultation launches to improve safety post-Grenfell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents must do more to create ‘culture of safety’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A risk management service says agents and landlords must do more to create a culture of safety, particularly around fire. Research released...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents letting high-rise flats ‘must engage with residents over safety’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CladdingScandal3-400x310.png)
Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘New challenges’ for agents posed by incoming Fire Safety law](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/smoke%20alarm.png)
Agents and landlords are being warned that the Fire Safety Act 2021 will make a huge impact on their responsibilities -...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government confirms rental reform to be pushed through this year](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency block management firm wins millions for high-rise safety](/img/default/lat.png)
A block management company owned by the Leaders Romans Group has been awarded over £6.5m in government building safety funds to...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tough new fire regulations for HMOs and multi-tenancy buildings](/img/default/lat.png)
Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental flat repossessed after being converted into illegal HMO](/img/default/lat.png)
A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![New powers for social housing tenants on the way](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has outlined increases in powers it wants to give social housing tenants - but no details of increases in social housing building. The...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Five year mandatory electrical checks for all private rental homes](/img/default/lat.png)
All privately-let homes must have electrical installations checked every five years under new rules announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Trade body wants government to fund private blocks fire safety improvement](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Campaign for mandatory electrical testing of appliances in rental properties](/img/default/lat.png)
An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Trade body says post-Grenfell fire report is 'a missed opportunity'](/img/default/lat.png)
The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations on a wider...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![New rental sector consultation - smoke and carbon monoxide alarms](/img/default/lat.png)
Yet another formal government consultation is under way, this time into smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rental sector...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trade body wants clearer lines of responsibility for fire safety](/img/default/lat.png)
An industry trade group says residents in high rise blocks of flats are being let down by a system in which...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Over 50% of buy to let investors have checked fire safety - survey](/img/default/lat.png)
More than half of buy to let landlords have taken measures to check the fire safety of their properties in the...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trade body wants rental sector fire safety guidance to be updated](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings sector trade body is warning that contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance needs updating. At present, landlords or their agent...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top student lettings provider may be affected by cladding issues](/img/default/lat.png)
It is being reported that one of the major providers of purpose-built student accommodation to let - Unite - could temporarily...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government spells out fire responsibilities of private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
A minister at the Departrment of Communities and Local Government has set out the government’s position in terms of the fire-related...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Welsh Government offers free cladding tests for private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trade group urges checks on white goods across private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The Residential Landlords Association is urging checks on white goods in privately rented homes following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The association is...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Shelter board members linked to Grenfell Fire tragedy resign](/img/default/lat.png)
Two board members of Shelter who have links with the Grenfell Towers fire tragedy have resigned, according to a report in...