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Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...

Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation.  Propertymark has...

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...

Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...

Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer.   The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...

Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...

A prominent rental activist is tomorrow going to tell a House of Lords committee about the need to regulate letting agents. Conor...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

Propertymark says it’s going to send a briefing on behalf of letting agents to every MP and member of the House...

Propertymark says current government policy over leaseholder protections is too weak. The letting agents’ trade body has thrown its weight behind a...

It’s been revealed that Propertymark contributed its thoughts to a Parliamentary committee which has slammed the failure of the government’s Boiler...

The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...

Propertymark is calling on letting agents to share their thoughts and experiences on the impact of Airbnb and other short lets.  At...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...

The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

Propertymark has waded into the controversy over whether private rental tenants should be allowed to keep pets in their properties. As reported...

Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...

A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out against last minute attempts to effectively reinstate the eviction ban which finally came to an end...

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

A Labour Baroness, Alicia Kennedy, has been named as the new director of the fiercely pro-tenant Generation Rent campaign group. The announcement...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark’s Qualifications division has held its annual awards ceremony in the House of Lords, recognising achievement and celebrating...

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

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...

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

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

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

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

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...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...

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

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

November 5 is the next key date for the passage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill, the measure which is likely to...

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

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

The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...

A bid to allow good tenants’ rent records count towards their creditworthiness has taken a step forward thanks to Big Issue...

The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...

One of the six PropTech start-ups shortlisted to develop a system allowing tenants’ rental histories to count towards their creditworthiness says...

Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...

The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...

Lord John Bird, the founder of Big Issue, is tomorrow launching his own Bill in the House of Lords in a...

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...

The Liberal Democrats appear to be taking what they see as the credit for the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’...

A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...

The Residential Landlords Association has made a last-minute plea for buy to let investors to remain central to the government’s plans...

The government says the formal consultation on the proposed introduction of a ban on letting agent fees levied on tenants in...

No decision yet appears to have been taken on the fate of the Renters’ Rights Bill - which had as a...

Members of the House of Lords have heard about the concerns of a Baroness over landlords who choose not to let...

The controversial Renters’ Rights Bill, which wants to sharply reduce the ability of letting agents to levy charges on tenants and...

Fees charged by letting agents will be discussed in the House of Lords tomorrow as the Renters’ Rights Bill reaches its...

The Renters’ Rights Bill - which includes provisions scrapping agents’ fees for tenants, mandatory registration of landlords and limiting the size of...

The National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called for a cap on excessive letting fees charged to tenants, instead of a...

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...

For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike; this is...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...

A controversial Bill now being considered by the House of Lords has the controversial measure of banning lettings fees - but...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has given its support for what appears to be a government U-turn on Client Money...

The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...

MPs and members of the House of Lords want private sector tenants to be given clearer up-front information on the cost...

The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...

Liberal Democrat MPs in the Commons and the Lords have tabled motions aimed at stopping the Right To Rent policy, which...

The Liberal Democrat party says it will use its members in the House of Lords to try to block the government's...

One of the UK letting industry’s leading agents says politicians should defer the new Right To Rent immigration checks until the start...

Parliament has approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - the regulations which looked in jeopardy after a...

The property industry has hit out at what appears to be government confusion over a raft of new rules coming into...

Channel 5 tomorrow airs the first episode of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, a six-part series which starts with the story of...