The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...
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While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...
18 July 2019
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Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...
15 July 2019
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Junior housing minister Heather Wheeler MP has written to Hull City Council to express her concerns about the authority's controversial accreditation...
03 July 2019
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A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...
26 June 2019
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The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...
12 June 2019
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There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process. The founder of Landlord...
21 May 2019
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Housing minister Heather Wheeler has pledged that the government will make changes to the court repossession process alongside its plans to...
14 May 2019
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In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
01 May 2019
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The government has beefed up its support for councils identifying and prosecuting rogue landlords. Yesterday the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...
10 April 2019
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A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...
03 April 2019
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The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...
26 March 2019
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An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...
12 March 2019
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The government says it wants “an immediate change” in the policy of some letting agents and landlords who advertise ‘No DSS’...
04 March 2019
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The government has announced that over £19.5m is to be spent on paying deposits or paying the first month’s rent for...
04 March 2019
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New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...
30 January 2019
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More than 50 councils across the country will share nearly £2.4m of extra government funding to crack down on rogue landlords. Among...
15 January 2019
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Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...
08 November 2018
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The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...
26 October 2018
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A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...
09 April 2018
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Letting agents have responded with enthusiasm to the government’s announcement over the Easter weekend that the industry would in future have...
03 April 2018
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The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...
01 April 2018
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The government has pledged to begin a review of the selective licensing across the private rental sector once MPs return from...