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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
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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
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New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...
26 August 2021
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A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...
20 July 2021
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A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...
19 July 2021
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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
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Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...
25 May 2021
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A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...
31 March 2021
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The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...
10 December 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has hit out against last minute attempts to effectively reinstate the eviction ban which finally came to an end...
24 September 2020
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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
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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
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A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...
30 January 2020
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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
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A trade body has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for the buy to let sector to improve...
08 April 2019
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ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...
16 January 2019
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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
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The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...
02 January 2019
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A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...
19 December 2018
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A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...
14 December 2018
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur says agents who accept that the lettings fee ban is coming and who plan positively for its...
27 November 2018
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A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...
26 November 2018
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Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...
23 November 2018
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The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...
31 October 2018
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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
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More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...
26 October 2018
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November 5 is the next key date for the passage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill, the measure which is likely to...
19 October 2018
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The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...
08 October 2018
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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
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The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...
30 July 2018
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A bid to allow good tenants’ rent records count towards their creditworthiness has taken a step forward thanks to Big Issue...
14 May 2018
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The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...
04 May 2018
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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
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Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...
04 January 2018
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The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...
27 November 2017
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Lord John Bird, the founder of Big Issue, is tomorrow launching his own Bill in the House of Lords in a...
23 November 2017
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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
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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
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A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...
10 April 2017
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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
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The government says the formal consultation on the proposed introduction of a ban on letting agent fees levied on tenants in...
20 January 2017
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No decision yet appears to have been taken on the fate of the Renters’ Rights Bill - which had as a...
24 November 2016
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Members of the House of Lords have heard about the concerns of a Baroness over landlords who choose not to let...
22 November 2016
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The controversial Renters’ Rights Bill, which wants to sharply reduce the ability of letting agents to levy charges on tenants and...
21 November 2016
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Fees charged by letting agents will be discussed in the House of Lords tomorrow as the Renters’ Rights Bill reaches its...
17 November 2016
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The Renters’ Rights Bill - which includes provisions scrapping agents’ fees for tenants, mandatory registration of landlords and limiting the size of...
07 November 2016
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The National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called for a cap on excessive letting fees charged to tenants, instead of a...
22 September 2016
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The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...
19 July 2016
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For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike; this is...
15 July 2016
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...
30 June 2016
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A controversial Bill now being considered by the House of Lords has the controversial measure of banning lettings fees - but...
16 June 2016
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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
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The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...
22 March 2016
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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
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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
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Liberal Democrat MPs in the Commons and the Lords have tabled motions aimed at stopping the Right To Rent policy, which...
14 January 2016
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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
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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
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Parliament has approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - the regulations which looked in jeopardy after a...
17 September 2015
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The property industry has hit out at what appears to be government confusion over a raft of new rules coming into...