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Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour.   In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

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

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

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...

Propertymark has backed the idea of a new property tribunal system for Wales to simplify court processes. The proposal merges nine current...

Propertymark says it hopes that a Welsh Government White Paper proposing that nine devolved housing tribunals are consolidated into a single...

Propertymark is pressing Housing Secretary Michael Gove to adopt a housing court system to solve the problem of abandoned tenancies. The agents...

A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

The letting agent’s trade body Propertymark is concerned that the court system could buckle if eviction case numbers rise as a...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...

Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...

A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

A broad commitment to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto - and it’s been welcomed by a...

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

The Ministry of Justice says it takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from making a repossession claim to the...

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...

A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...

The government’s wish to use a modified Section 8 as an alternative to Section 21 for landlords seeking possession of their...

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

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 government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is demanding that the new government improves the “slow, complex, and underfunded” system which means that it...

The Residential Landlords Association has repeated its calls for a new housing court “to speed up justice for landlords and tenants.”   The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants a dedicated court or tribunal to deal with all property and housing related legal...