The term “Levelling Up” - introduced by ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson - has been ditched by the new deputy Prime Minister,...
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![Starmer names minister to steer through Rental Reform Legislation](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_431846332.jpg)
Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...
06 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![Call for a new Ministry of Housing with long-term minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...
24 June 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
![Renters Reform Bill - groups still lobbying for further changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_2078570446.jpg)
A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...
26 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
![Propertymark not giving up on the Regulation of Property Agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of Property Agents - government slammed by Lords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark back on warpath demanding qualifications for agency staff](/upload/images/shutterstock_112412021.jpg)
Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...
11 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
![Propertymark backs extending agency regulation and decent homes standard](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour to ban bidding wars and offer new anti-social behaviour rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 December 2023
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
![Agents demand ground rent reform progress while consultation goes on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...
14 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
![Agents want tax reforms on top of pledge to avoid rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...
31 October 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
![Government may change rules governing Pooled Client Accounts](/upload/images/Legal%20advice(3).jpg)
A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...
20 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
![Renters Reform Bill - why no details of court reform?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...
19 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
![Renters Reform Bill to be discussed by MPs this afternoon](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Bill is being discussed by MPs this afternoon - although not as part of its long-running passage through...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council chief slams holiday lets 'tax subsidy' scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...
15 June 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
![Renters Reform Bill - just a delay or a major rethink?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - everything we know so far](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament this...
09 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
![Shelter angry at Hunt’s ‘nothing about housing’ Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Higher tax on second homes - another council speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
West Oxfordshire council is the latest to demand new government legislation to increase council tax on empty and second homes in...
15 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
![Agents back Polluter Pays concept to help leaseholders](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
Propertymark says current government policy over leaseholder protections is too weak. The letting agents’ trade body has thrown its weight behind a...
01 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
![Labour launches major review of private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Viewing-Tenants-400x310.png)
The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Massive scale of Build To Rent revealed by top investor's figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent. Chief...
05 January 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
![Where to Invest in 2023 - hotspots enjoy over 15% yields](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023. Based on analysis...
28 December 2022
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
![Tenants renting longer and paying more - new survey’s findings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Gove leans on competitions watchdog to probe house builders](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb registration and short lets planning consent under consideration](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Councils given public cash to tackle poor rental housing standards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Three councils will be sharing £1.21m in public cash over the next two years to tackle poor quality properties in the...
06 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
![HMO Council Tax Reform - government pledge to consider change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
The government has made a general commitment to work with those who want council tax reforms for Homes in Multiple Occupation. Earlier...
25 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
![Call for industry to lobby MPs over HMO council tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_4-400x310.png)
A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![We want higher council tax for second homes, says lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...
21 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
![Government may scrap plans to abolish Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...
11 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
![No major rental reform debate at Tory Party conference](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Cuts take effect immediately](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessResults-400x310-.jpg)
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...
23 September 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...