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The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

Colliers, the agency and property consultancy, has issued another outspoken attack on government policy - this time prompted by a formal...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...

A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...

There’s been a further tweak to the eviction controls introduced in England for the duration of the lockdown, lasting until December...

A top property lawyer says a recent decision by bailiffs not to forcibly evict anyone in Tier 2 and Tier 3 is an...

The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective...

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...

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

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

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...

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

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

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been given a message from a consortium of groups this morning - Scrap Right To...

A leading legal firm is warning that Right To Rent could become even more complicated for letting agents and landlords after...

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

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

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

Hull council has won a legal case in the High Court against a local trade body, the Humber Landlords Association. The claim...

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

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

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

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

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

A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...

A property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme based on claims of capital appreciation and rental income has been shut down...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

The government’s controversial Right To Rent policy is to be challenged in the High Court just before Christmas. It was announced in...

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is now crowdfunding to pay for the Judicial Review of the government’s controversial...

The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...

The High Court has this afternoon agreed to allow a judicial review of the government’s Right to Rent policy. Right to Rent...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...

It can take up to nine months to evict a tenant who isn’t paying their rent, according to an analysis by...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed that it is to meet with Treasury officials ahead of next month’s Autumn Statement -...

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...

An official announcement by the government’s Insolvency Service has revealed that a specialist repossession and eviction firm has been wound up...

Specialist eviction service Landlord Action has outlined the quickest way to evict tenants under new regulations introduced by the Ministry of...

Foxtons has been served with a ‘letter of claim’ which warns that unless it enters into talks concerning fees charged to...

ARLA is  lobbying Justice Secretary Michael Gove urging him to consider allowing High Court Enforcement Officers to enforce possession orders without...

A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...

A campaign has started to enable more eviction cases to be transferred from county court to High Court in a bid...

The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London - appears to have abandoned...

Landlords have launched a legal challenge to plans by a local authority to charge for licences to manage properties. The Croydon Guardian...

The journalism website HoldTheFrontPage says a landlord who tried to sue a weekly newspaper for defamation over its coverage of a...