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Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...

A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

New modular homes built to rent have been delivered to Northstowe, a new town in Cambridgeshire.  Each Town House home has been...

Letting agents have been told to document all arranging, planning and scheduling of work related to electrical checks in a bid...

Only 0.3 per cent of all tenancies in England and Wales ended with a dispute over the deposit in the six...

ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...

The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

It appears lettings agents may have escaped the recommended demands for referral fees to be made more transparent to customers. A statement...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...

The government says it’s currently working to ensure the eviction process returns smoothly when the ban expires in late August. In the...

A rent guarantor service has taken a swipe at new housing minister Chris Pincher and his recent predecessors who have not...