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![New Housing Secretary named by Sir Kier Starmer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Angela Rayner has been appointed Levelling Up Secretary with responsibility for housing - a role she has in addition to being...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Soaring Council Tax Arrears prompts call for new bailiff rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform Is Far From Over, Whoever Wins on July 4](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![Labour split as MP defies party policy and calls for rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Freeholder hits at government over slow responses on building safety row](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Minister to address agents ahead of General Election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...
30 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
![Material Information - new digital tool aims to help letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertySearch-400x310.png)
The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government to double council tax on empty homes after one year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government. A...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP reported to bring Renters Reform Bill “to brink of collapse”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ukrainians given visa extension - likely impact on private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Courts the best way to counter threat of S21 removal - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_509586655.jpg)
Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Politicians demand Christmas ban on Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![New industry group includes agents and small landlord organisations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rayner’s policy won’t solve housing shortage says top Labour MP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Senior Labour MP Clive Betts says the party’s official house building policy won’t actually solve the shortage of homes. Labour deputy leader...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 - Angry MPs slam Michael Gove over ongoing delay](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
A row has broken out over Section 21 between Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and an all-party...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Housing Minister is ... a former housing minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister during the short lived premiership of Liz Truss. Rowley...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Five ground rent options being considered by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The government is considering five different options for ground rent as the reform process for the sector begins. The government is committed...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech service claims to solve client account issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
PropTech supplier Lettspay has launched a new client account banking service for letting agents and property managers in partnership with Griffin...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill will slash homelessness, claims charity](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homes For Ukraine - government faces hard decisions on scheme future](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The National Audit Office says the government will soon have to take hard decisions on the future for the Homes For...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let has grown massively in recent years - new statistics](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![New How To Rent Guide to be issued today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Letting...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![MPs complain that rental reform questions go unanswered](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Client accounting product launched for letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Automated client accounting platform Lettspay is set to launch a new client account banking product for letting agents. The supplier has worked...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent Alert - new How to Rent guide coming soon](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council houses will cut rental demand - Rayner sets out agenda](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Labour’s new shadow Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary, Angela Rayner, says she will put council Housing at the heart of...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove tells agents to identify and remedy damp and mould issues](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135683647.jpg)
New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity slams government over gap between rents and benefits](/upload/images/shutterstock_1563288097.jpg)
Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill to cost letting agents millions - new analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Renters Reform Bill will cost letting agents over £275m in the next decade as fewer landlords use their services. That’s the...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents told to lobby MPs over Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Anti-Social Behaviour definition to widen to help agents, landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
It appears that a “wider range of behaviours” are likely to be taken into account in future when tenants are considered...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![This is how agents will have to use the new Landlords Database](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given an insight into how letting agents are likely to be expected to use a new Landlords Database. The database...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pet Lovers and Renting Activists get lift up from Michael Gove](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames Section 21 and rental reform delay for rise in homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
New government figures show how overdue the government's reform of private renting is, claims campaigning charity Shelter. The charity says the figures...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents back compulsory national registration for short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the idea of a compulsory national register of landlords and hosts operating Airbnb and other...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Clampdown: Airbnb warns against over the top measures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Airbnb is warning the UK government not to be heavy handed in its planning controls restricting the short lets sector. At the...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Anger over Airbnbs and holiday lets needing planning consent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reform process underway with new Ombudsman scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
The government has taken the first step to introducing a mandatory ombudsman scheme which private landlords must join. This is effectively the...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![How To Rent update - new date set for publication](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketUK-400x310.png)
The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mystery over government How To Rent document](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
The government has delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document - it had been expected today. The How to Rent...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government rental mediation scheme flops - change needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings in the spotlight as current and future regulations hit the headlines](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/shutterstock_1145842904.jpg)
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
![MPs' idea for Rental Sector Ombudsman slammed by letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Propertymark has hit out at a proposal from a group of MPs that there should be a single Ombudsman covering the...
13 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Make evictions even tougher to execute - Baroness speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The activist group Generation Rent is backing a call by MPs for the government to tighten up proposals to scrap Section...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Six Housing Ministers in 12 months!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
It appears likely that Rachel Maclean is set to become the sixth housing minister in 12 months, replacing Lucy Frazer. In the...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ message to government - boost supply to end housing shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Construction-400x310.png)
Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Take That, Gove! Agents and landlords deliver warning letter](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A warning letter signed by 330 major players in the private rental sector has been delivered to Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government consultation launches to improve safety post-Grenfell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ethical lettings service links with PropTech maintenance platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind-400x310.png)
A not-for-profit company that matches rental properties with vulnerable tenants in need of accommodation has partnered with a maintenance firm to...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents and Labour back Gove’s clampdown on private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given its backing to a clampdown by Housing Secretary Michael Gove on private landlords - although landlords themselves appear...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Decent Homes Standard - councils need massive resources to enforce it](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
Propertymark backs government plans to introduce a social housing-style Decent Homes Standard in the private sector. But it says there must be...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour pledge to go further than government on rental reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
Labour’s new housing spokesperson, Matthew Pennycook, says his party would go further than the government on the subject of private rental...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the junior housing ministers working with Gove](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
As the Rishi Sunak government’s lower ranks finally take shape, the junior ministers working with Housing Secretary Michael Gove have been...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sunak in No 10 - Sigh of relief from agents and industry](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Levelling Up adverts fall foul of standards watchdog](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned advertorial material issued by the government department responsible for rental reform and housing. Two Labour MPs...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pets In Lets - no answer yet to issues of damage and costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Immediate Eviction ban must be introduced says government adviser](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
The cost of living crisis could have a ‘catastrophic’ impact on homelessness unless an immediate eviction ban is introduced. That’s the view...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![New housing minister confirmed - a former estate agent](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-Wide-InArticle.jpg)
In a late night announcement it was confirmed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that Lee Rowley MP...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government sharply criticised over affordable homes failures](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
The National Audit Office has made scathing criticisms of government efforts to build more affordable housing. The public spending watchdog says the...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![New ministers appointed to housing department](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-Wide-InArticle.jpg)
Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - but at this stage it’s...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns government - don’t forget small scale landlords](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Visit-400x310.png)
A leading lettings agency has warned the government not to forget the importance of small-scale landlords in its plans for the...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents want pilot project to test scrapping of S21](/upload/images/library/Section-21-image400x310.png)
Agents are calling for a pilot project to measure the impact of the government abolishing Section 21 eviction powers. In its response...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Commissioners step in to council with controversial private rental scheme](/upload/images/library/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
The government is intervening further in the running of Liverpool council, which operates a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme. Housing Secretary...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Confirmed - Renters Reform Bill coming this session of Parliament](/upload/images/library/people%20shaking%20hands%20over%20paper%20and%20a%20house.jpg)
It’s been confirmed that the controversial Renters Reform Bill will still be introduced by the end of this session of Parliament,...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Two Days Left! Last call for agents’ views on rental reform](/upload/images/Back-link-images/Man%20with%20a%20speaker.jpg)
Agents have only until Friday to respond to the committee of MPs currently calling for evidence concerning the reform of the...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tory duo warned not to delay rental reform - key supplier speaks out](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SunakvsTruss_400x310.png)
A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![MPs want agent feedback on Rental Reform - but be quick…](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards issue new guidelines for property details](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyInformationKeys-400x310.jpg)
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Johnson loyalists made temporary housing ministers](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Question mark over rental reform as housing ministers quit](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices400x310.png)
If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mayors may get new powers over Airbnb and short lets sector](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New build house sizes shrinking, claims new survey](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Interiors/EmptyRoom-400x310.png)
A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent advocate want special treatment for growing niche](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/BTL400x310.png)
A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ditch AirBnb and we’ll charge you nothing - agency offer to landlords](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent regulation needed on top of rental sector reforms - Propertymark](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-MagnifyingGlass-1-400x310.jpg)
Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Higher taxes on empty homes? OK with us, says Propertymark](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Don’t delay Renters Reform Bill again - agents warn government](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Second Home Taxes - government releases more details](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
The government has released more details of the powers being given to local authorities to levy additional taxes on second homes. The...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform aimed mostly at north of England, government admits](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 widely expected to be scrapped - announcement today](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls ineffective as tool to reduce homelessness](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homeless-1-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness. The trade body says...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Carbon Monoxide rule change - agents urged to prepare](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/RegulationStamp-400x310.jpg)
Agents are being urged to prepare for changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents fight back in row over quality of private rental stock and repairs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Handcuffs400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Private rental property conditions and enforcement slammed by MPs](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/parliament400x310.png)
Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Minister Madness! Industry supplier hits out at politicians](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Guidance for agents with tenants wanting to host Ukraine refugees](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine.png)
A trade body says letting agents are receiving growing numbers of contracts from tenants wanting to take part in the Homes...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove slammed by agents over cladding comments](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![What future for rental reform under new housing minister?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
Housing ministers come and go with brutal frequency in UK governments of all colours, so yesterday’s departure of Chris Pincher -...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Holiday lets firm says tourist areas need more affordable homes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax clampdown on letting second homes confirmed by government](/upload/images/library/HolidayHome%20400%20x%20310%20-min.jpg)
Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![New rules for un-vaccinated tenants living with those with Covid](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus3-400x310-min.jpeg)
The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances. New guidelines issued by...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Refugee Crisis - agents have role in finding properties](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-5-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is telling its letting agent members that they have a role in helping solve the Afghan refugee crisis. It says some...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government failing to protect private renters, says watchdog](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![High-level enquiry into ‘exempt’ rental accommodation](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Alert: new Carbon Monoxide alarm laws revealed](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310-min.jpg)
The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...