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The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s an hour-long webinar this morning, aimed at giving property professionals the latest information on arrears, possession cases and evictions. It’s at...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Law Society of England and Wales has come out in favour of the latest ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. The extension to...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind an idea from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to create a mediation service to arbitrate in...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-authorised redress services, claims its new mediation option is a success. In March this...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A new service claims it could help to avoid arrears by mediating in disputes between tenants and landlords or their agents. The...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association is demanding that the new government improves the “slow, complex, and underfunded” system which means that it...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Approaching 50 per cent of private tenants have experienced property maintenance issues with their agents or landlords. The figure comes through research...