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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
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Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...
24 April 2024
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A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...
22 April 2024
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A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
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An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...
08 April 2024
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London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...
08 April 2024
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Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation. Propertymark has...
02 April 2024
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Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...
02 April 2024
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The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...
28 March 2024
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A new borough-wide landlord licensing scheme is set to launch in the London borough of Brent on April 1, the council...
27 March 2024
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Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer. The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...
07 March 2024
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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
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The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...
12 February 2024
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A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...
09 February 2024
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The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...
08 February 2024
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The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
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Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
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Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
19 January 2024
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Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...
12 January 2024
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A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
11 January 2024
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Agents, landlords and others’ views are being sought in a consultation on proposals to introduce a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for...
09 January 2024
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The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...
27 December 2023
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...
27 December 2023
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A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property. If it goes ahead it will be...
12 December 2023
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A lettings agency has initiated new systems to ensure there is no repeat of a mistake that left some client properties...
08 December 2023
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Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...
08 December 2023
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Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...
29 November 2023
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A prominent housing expert has told MPs that letting agents could be used to police the standards off homes made available...
20 November 2023
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PropTech firm Kamma - which specialises in information about landlord licensing - has inked another partnership. This latest link is with Goodlord. Kamma’s...
07 November 2023
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The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
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Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...
23 October 2023
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Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...
20 October 2023
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Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...
19 October 2023
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Long established property business Newton Letting is rebranding as Rosevale Letting, following the conclusion of a licensing period. Former Newton employee, Riccardo...
12 October 2023
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A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...
06 October 2023
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A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...
04 October 2023
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Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...
03 October 2023
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An agency has been fined by a London council for failing to licence a property it was managing. Gracechurch Property Services has...
21 September 2023
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Two massive new rental licensing schemes are set to be approved in Brighton - and part of the reason is “uninterested...
14 September 2023
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There’s to be a consultation this autumn about a proposed selective licensing regime in Scarborough. The proposal covers parts of the Castle,...
12 September 2023
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The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...
25 August 2023
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A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...
24 August 2023
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Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...
22 August 2023
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A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...
15 August 2023
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Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...
11 August 2023
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PropTech Kamma has entered into a partnership with agency and consultancy JLL. This means JLL’s UK residential agents will have access to...
27 July 2023
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The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...
25 July 2023
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Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...
25 July 2023
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Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...
24 July 2023
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The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Buy to let investors who want to convert family homes into HMOs in Hounslow for three to six tenants will now...
17 July 2023
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An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...
10 July 2023
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A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...
06 July 2023
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London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...
05 July 2023
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The Labour-run London Assembly says it is concerned about government plans to allow landlords to house asylum seekers for two years without...
28 June 2023
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A council has told letting agents to ‘get a move on’ as it admits there’s been a slow start to its...
20 June 2023
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A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...
12 June 2023
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I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...
05 June 2023
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A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
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A left-leaning think tank which says it champions ‘left-behind Londoners’ is demanding a turbo-charged version of selective licensing to be run...
26 May 2023
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Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...
24 May 2023
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Letting agents have a final chance today to have their say on a consultation into a newly proposed licensing scheme for...
24 May 2023
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Foxtons is to give its agents access to a compliance management and checking service. Fran Giltinan, Managing Director - Property Management &...
19 May 2023
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Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...
12 May 2023
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A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...
25 April 2023
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It already looks like 2023 is on track to see licensing fines for agents and landlords reaching nearly double the 2022...
06 April 2023
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Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...
22 February 2023
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An estate agency has been prosecuted and ordered to pay £35,000 for falling foul of property licensing rules. Green House Estate Agents...
17 February 2023
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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
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A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...
07 February 2023
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A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...
06 February 2023
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Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...
25 January 2023
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Knight Frank is partnering with licensing compliance firm Kamma. The growth of discretionary licensing schemes across the 408 local authorities in the...
10 January 2023
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An all-party and influential committee of MPs says the UK should be put on a war footing to improve the energy...
09 January 2023
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Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove outlining its concerns about the latest licensing scheme proposal from a local council. The...
04 January 2023
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It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...
22 December 2022
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A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...
19 December 2022
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A London borough is tomorrow holding an online training session for agents and landlords on how to submit a licence application...
06 December 2022
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A new licensing scheme for HMOs, agreed by leaders of Portsmouth council, will be implemented from September 1 2023. Licensing of HMOs...
30 November 2022
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A senior Savills figure, who chairs the trade body known as The Lettings Industry Council, has issued a warning to the...
29 November 2022
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Airbnb-style short-lets in another part of Scotland are to be subject to new licensing rules. The scheme, introduced by the Scottish Government,...
29 November 2022
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Over the next three months Redbridge council in London is consulting on proposals to renew selective licensing in the borough. It says...
14 November 2022
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A scheme which some regard as the most controversial landlord licensing regime in the country is coming under scrutiny. Labour councillors on...
18 October 2022
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A lettings agent has taken the surprising step of encouraging tenants to seek compensation if their landlords fail to abide by...
11 October 2022
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Wandsworth council in south London is considering a review into the feasibility of introducing discretionary landlord licencing. A statement from the authority...
07 October 2022
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A holiday letting agency has criticised the introduction of licensing for short term rentals in Scotland as “poorly thought-through and ill-timed”. Iain...
04 October 2022
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The first step within the UK to officially monitor Airbnb-style short lets comes into effect on Saturday, which is October 1. Scotland’s...
29 September 2022
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Following new business wins, PropTech leaders Technology Blueprint Ltd now handles over a sixth of the entire UK’s agent-managed rental properties. After...
22 September 2022
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A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
16 September 2022
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An extension to a private rental property licensing scheme in London has been given the green light by the government. Haringey council’s...
26 August 2022
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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
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TDS, the dispute service, has announced an investment in PropTech organisation OpenBrix. This involves a licensing deal that will see OpenBrix’s tlyfe...
22 August 2022
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PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...
09 August 2022
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A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...
05 August 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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AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...
08 July 2022
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Birmingham’s Labour-controlled council is launching a consultation on a vast expansion to its existing HMO Additional Licensing scheme. The proposal is for...
04 July 2022
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A council claims that a pilot licensing scheme has discovered a very high proportion of rental homes requiring improvement. Plans to extend...