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09 August 2022
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Propertymark has issued the government with a stark warning - without incentives to landlords, the private rental sector will shrink, rents...
02 August 2022
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MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local...
28 July 2022
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Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...
18 July 2022
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Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...
20 June 2022
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A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...
20 June 2022
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Letting agents should consider how the properties they manage can become more energy efficient, says Propertymark. And they should tap into new...
01 June 2022
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An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...
23 May 2022
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One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...
27 April 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...
26 April 2022
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The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...
20 April 2022
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There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...
24 March 2022
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A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...
18 March 2022
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New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...
01 March 2022
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Perhaps few letting agents consider giving anything like rewards to tenants, but if they did there might be a case for...
13 December 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...
05 November 2021
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A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...
22 October 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...
21 October 2021
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A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...
05 October 2021
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The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...
09 September 2021
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Propertymark says new figures detailing the costs of energy efficiency improvements in the private rental sector show the need for a...
16 July 2021
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ARLA Propertymark says there should be a long term appropriately funded strategy to help the private rental sector and home owners...
26 April 2021
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A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...
19 April 2021
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The initiative which the government hoped would transform energy efficiency in the private rental sector is being axed this week. The Green...
29 March 2021
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Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...
21 January 2021
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The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...
16 December 2020
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A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...
15 December 2020
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ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...
07 December 2020
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Industry supplier The Letting Partnership is calling for businesses to take on more apprentices and support young people in a challenging...
04 December 2020
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An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy...
20 July 2020
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The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...
10 June 2020
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A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...
27 May 2020
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A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
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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
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One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...
31 October 2019
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With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
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A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...
08 May 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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Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...
21 March 2019
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Brexit is not a good reason for delaying buy to let investment, insists a mortgage chief. Andrew Turner is chief executive at...
01 March 2019
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The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...
03 December 2018
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The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...
13 November 2018
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A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...
22 October 2018
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There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...
09 October 2018
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Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...
08 October 2018
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The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...
05 October 2018
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Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...
23 August 2018
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Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...
17 August 2018
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Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...
14 August 2018
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No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...
27 July 2018
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Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...
10 July 2018
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Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...
03 July 2018
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The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...
18 May 2018
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A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...
18 April 2018
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A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...
05 April 2018
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Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...
05 February 2018
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A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...
30 November 2017
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The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...
23 November 2017
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The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...
10 November 2017
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The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association. RLA Wales policy officer...
13 October 2017
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A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...
28 September 2017
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Campaigning charity Shelter - which last week suggested landlords were more likely to quit buy to let because they grew old...
31 July 2017
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Draker, which describes itself as the largest lettings-only agency in Kensington and Chelsea, has now expanded by opening a new office...
14 July 2017
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Bristol council is resuscitating a so-called ‘rental standard’ which it expects local letting agents to meet. Back in January 2016 Letting Agent...
11 July 2017
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The Scottish Government has opened formal consultation on its attempts to introduce minimum standards of energy efficiency for the private rented...
13 April 2017
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A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...
13 February 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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Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...
06 February 2017
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It’s been a long time coming but the government’s White Paper on Housing - tipped to contain major reforms affecting the...
26 January 2017
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Qube Global Software and PropTech start-up Engage have combined forces to deliver self-service portals to residents within the growing Build to...
12 January 2017
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A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...
09 November 2016
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Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...
18 August 2016
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An industry body is warning new London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan not to think he is helping renters by tying up...
09 June 2016
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Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...
01 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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A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...
18 February 2016
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The popularity of buy to let continues to soar according to data analysts Moneyfacts, despite a raft of new regulations coming...
18 November 2015
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The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...