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![Propertymark tells politicians - add agent regulation to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant Turnover - landlord sales and not evictions are chief cause](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property. By contrast, eviction was...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lords won’t wreck Renters Reform Bill - trade body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands “overhaul” of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill “still misses the mark” says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_1902168286.jpg)
Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent claims it already conforms with Reform Bill ideals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove hits back at critics after Renters Reform Bill wins key vote](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark not giving up on the Regulation of Property Agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get On With It - major agency tells government to reform renting](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of Property Agents - government slammed by Lords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill back in the Commons next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reform Bill isn’t stopping buy to let investment claims agency boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark back on warpath demanding qualifications for agency staff](/upload/images/shutterstock_112412021.jpg)
Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned: Don’t be Left Behind when Regulation Comes In](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation. Propertymark has...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove accused of dragging his feet over agent regulation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform Bill wins a big thumbs-up from agents’ body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Prominent industry figure rejects need for agents to have degrees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark rejects politician’s criticism of agency qualifications](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of lettings agents imminent, suggests Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer. The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill should include regulating letting agents, says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761(1).jpg)
Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental activist to tell lawmakers about regulating letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A prominent rental activist is tomorrow going to tell a House of Lords committee about the need to regulate letting agents. Conor...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents List Radical Changes needed to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will 2024 see the end of private rental sector licensing?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![MPs to receive letting agents’ briefing on Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it’s going to send a briefing on behalf of letting agents to every MP and member of the House...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents back Polluter Pays concept to help leaseholders](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
Propertymark says current government policy over leaseholder protections is too weak. The letting agents’ trade body has thrown its weight behind a...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Boiler Upgrade Scheme - half of agents didn’t even know it existed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BoilerInspection_1-400x310.png)
It’s been revealed that Propertymark contributed its thoughts to a Parliamentary committee which has slammed the failure of the government’s Boiler...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme to be scrutinised by politicians](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/BoilerService-400x310.png)
The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![What do you really think of Airbnb and other short lets?](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is calling on letting agents to share their thoughts and experiences on the impact of Airbnb and other short lets. At...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Switch to short lets “catastrophic” for long term rentals - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Politicians slam private rentals as “increasingly unaffordable”](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Parliament to discuss Sex For Rent scandal today](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![New tax system for Airbnbs and holiday lets being finalised by government](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pet-Friendly Rental Properties - demand soars, says Rightmove](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![New drive to make all rental properties improve energy efficiency](/img/default/lat.png)
A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![End all S24 evictions now, demand Baroness and Lord](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell politicians to better understand cost of pets in lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Propertymark has waded into the controversy over whether private rental tenants should be allowed to keep pets in their properties. As reported...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Possession cases FALLEN during pandemic, not risen - government](/img/default/lat.png)
Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid eviction backlog: Government told to find faster court solutions](/img/default/lat.png)
A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Regulation chief says complaints about rental sector are common](/img/default/lat.png)
The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![ARLA Propertymark slams last-ditch bid to stop evictions](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has hit out against last minute attempts to effectively reinstate the eviction ban which finally came to an end...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Shock bid to block evictions to be made this week in House of Lords](/img/default/lat.png)
A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour Baroness to head fiercely pro-tenant campaign group](/img/default/lat.png)
A Labour Baroness, Alicia Kennedy, has been named as the new director of the fiercely pro-tenant Generation Rent campaign group. The announcement...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on lettings agents triggered by MPs’ own experiences - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Congratulations! ARLA and NAEA celebrate training achievements](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA and NAEA Propertymark’s Qualifications division has held its annual awards ceremony in the House of Lords, recognising achievement and celebrating...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Parliamentary call for tax relief for rental home improvements](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![We’ll help agents through June 1 lettings fees ban, insists ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Today's big vote - no, not Brexit, but the Tenant Fees Bill](/img/default/lat.png)
Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenants Fees Bill: no implementation date known for some weeks](/img/default/lat.png)
The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Controversial Rental Bill today finishes 42-month slog for Labour MP](/img/default/lat.png)
A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Bill giving tenants the right to sue is on verge of becoming law](/img/default/lat.png)
A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents embracing fees ban set to succeed long-term says PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading PropTech entrepreneur says agents who accept that the lettings fee ban is coming and who plan positively for its...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Bastard landlords - the term used by a government minister](/img/default/lat.png)
A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Bill giving tenants right to sue is set to take a step forward today](/img/default/lat.png)
Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Late November date for MPs to debate tenants' Creditworthiness Bill](/img/default/lat.png)
The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenants one step closer to being able to sue landlords over conditions](/img/default/lat.png)
Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another step nearer to rent contributing to tenants' credit scores](/img/default/lat.png)
More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenants' Fees Bill - Bonfire Night date for next Lords debate](/img/default/lat.png)
November 5 is the next key date for the passage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill, the measure which is likely to...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fees ban moves a step closer - Bill returns to Parliament this week](/img/default/lat.png)
The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenants' Fees Bill: date set for next Parliamentary stage](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenants' Fees Bill - date set for next stage on path to becoming law](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Getting closer - tenants' rent counting towards creditworthiness](/img/default/lat.png)
A bid to allow good tenants’ rent records count towards their creditworthiness has taken a step forward thanks to Big Issue...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Confirmed - mandatory Client Money Protection for all agents from next April](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech start-up wants progress on counting rent towards creditworthiness](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the six PropTech start-ups shortlisted to develop a system allowing tenants’ rental histories to count towards their creditworthiness says...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm joins call for rent payments to count in credit scores](/img/default/lat.png)
Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory adding of rent payments to credit scores is now a step closer](/img/default/lat.png)
The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![New parliamentary bid to have rent records added to credit ratings](/img/default/lat.png)
Lord John Bird, the founder of Big Issue, is tomorrow launching his own Bill in the House of Lords in a...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![What exactly is “Fair” Wear & Tear](/img/default/lat.png)
Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Liberal Democrats take 'credit' for letting agents' fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
The Liberal Democrats appear to be taking what they see as the credit for the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Anti-deposit campaigner warns of Client Money Protection side-effect](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let pleads to be kept at centre of White Paper's rental plans](/img/default/lat.png)
The Residential Landlords Association has made a last-minute plea for buy to let investors to remain central to the government’s plans...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fees ban - timetable suggests it won't be in place until 2018](/img/default/lat.png)
The government says the formal consultation on the proposed introduction of a ban on letting agent fees levied on tenants in...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Controversial anti-fees Renters' Rights Bill likely to be heavily amended](/img/default/lat.png)
No decision yet appears to have been taken on the fate of the Renters’ Rights Bill - which had as a...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![House of Lords hears of concern over spread of Airbnb short lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Members of the House of Lords have heard about the concerns of a Baroness over landlords who choose not to let...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Renters' Rights Bill - anti-fees measure continues through Lords](/img/default/lat.png)
The controversial Renters’ Rights Bill, which wants to sharply reduce the ability of letting agents to levy charges on tenants and...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents' fees to be discussed in House of Lords tomorrow](/img/default/lat.png)
Fees charged by letting agents will be discussed in the House of Lords tomorrow as the Renters’ Rights Bill reaches its...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Bill seeking a ban on agents' fees to be debated again next week](/img/default/lat.png)
The Renters’ Rights Bill - which includes provisions scrapping agents’ fees for tenants, mandatory registration of landlords and limiting the size of...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![NALS calls for cap instead of ban on letting agent fees](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called for a cap on excessive letting fees charged to tenants, instead of a...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Industry group welcomes House of Lords' swipe at Build To Rent](/img/default/lat.png)
The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![What to consider when calculating “fair wear and tear”](/img/default/lat.png)
For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike; this is...
15 July 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Inventory clerks want rethink on proposed letting agencies' fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Controversial lettings Bill in Lords may strengthen electrical checks](/img/default/lat.png)
A controversial Bill now being considered by the House of Lords has the controversial measure of banning lettings fees - but...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![ARLA backs government's U-turn on Client Money Protection measures](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has given its support for what appears to be a government U-turn on Client Money...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Industry body tells government: buy to let is fine, shortage of homes is not](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![MPs want more energy info given to renters before tenancies are signed](/img/default/lat.png)
MPs and members of the House of Lords want private sector tenants to be given clearer up-front information on the cost...
24 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Trade union wades into row over privately-let ex-council flats](/img/default/lat.png)
The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![MPs table motions in bid to kill Right To Rent stone dead](/img/default/lat.png)
Liberal Democrat MPs in the Commons and the Lords have tabled motions aimed at stopping the Right To Rent policy, which...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![LibDems will try to block Right To Buy extension to housing associations](/img/default/lat.png)
The Liberal Democrat party says it will use its members in the House of Lords to try to block the government's...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Defer Right To Rent until 2016 demands leading agent](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the UK letting industry’s leading agents says politicians should defer the new Right To Rent immigration checks until the start...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![At last - smoke and carbon monoxide regulations confirmed](/img/default/lat.png)
Parliament has approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - the regulations which looked in jeopardy after a...
17 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Outrage over S21 and smoke alarm confusion as deadline nears](/img/default/lat.png)
The property industry has hit out at what appears to be government confusion over a raft of new rules coming into...