The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...
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One of the existing two government-authorised redress schemes governing estate and letting agents has called on landlords to voluntarily join, ahead...
06 February 2019
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The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...
04 February 2019
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A rental platform says it welcomes government plans to overhaul redress for tenants and others in the housing system but it...
04 February 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it backs the stricter rules on mandatory electricity checks in rental properties announced by...
31 January 2019
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New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...
30 January 2019
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There’s been broad support from the lettings sector for the wide-ranging reform of the redress system announced yesterday by housing secretary...
25 January 2019
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The council at Brighton & Hove has won an extra £34,820 in public money from the government to help it build...
23 January 2019
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The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...
10 January 2019
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Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...
03 January 2019
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The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...
02 January 2019
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The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...
02 January 2019
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There’s been a broad welcome from the industry to new guidance on room sizes on rented homes. The guidance was released just...
02 January 2019
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The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...
31 December 2018
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that it will shortly choose which local authority will be the...
28 December 2018
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Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...
11 December 2018
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An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...
06 December 2018
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A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...
14 November 2018
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The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...
13 November 2018
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Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...
08 November 2018
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The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...
06 November 2018
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A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...
02 November 2018
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Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...
12 October 2018
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It is now just three weeks until licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is extended. The new rules, which will require...
10 September 2018
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MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...
06 September 2018
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A trade body says it has been assured by the government that there will be no premature announcement introducing longer tenancies...
28 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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One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...
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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The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...
01 August 2018
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The government has produced new guidelines on setting up client money protection schemes for the private rented sector. They are evidently aimed...
31 July 2018
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The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...
30 July 2018
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A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in...
19 July 2018
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The government has issued a new How To Rent guide - a key document which agents or landlords managing their properties...
11 July 2018
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Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...
27 June 2018
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Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...
21 June 2018
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Letting agents and landlords will have to win planning consent to erect To Let signs in student areas of Leicester from...
12 June 2018
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The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...
04 May 2018
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The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...
03 May 2018
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The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...
01 May 2018
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The government has set out new measures to mitigate against overcrowded and dangerous living conditions of private tenants in shared homes. From...
16 March 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...
05 March 2018
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Some letting agencies and selected landlords are being asked to take part in a new survey investigating views and experiences in...
28 February 2018
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This week’s news that the government will not be implementing the ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants in England until...
12 January 2018
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The government has explained why the ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants will not be implemented until spring 2019 -...