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Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...
10 November 2020
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The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A broad commitment to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto - and it’s been welcomed by a...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association. Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...
16 October 2019
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Justice says it takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from making a repossession claim to the...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The government’s wish to use a modified Section 8 as an alternative to Section 21 for landlords seeking possession of their...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech exponent is supporting the government’s Housing Court initiative, suggesting it could make redress for agents, landlords and tenants...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association is demanding that the new government improves the “slow, complex, and underfunded” system which means that it...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News

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