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Propertymark has thrown its weight behind an idea from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to create a mediation service to arbitrate in...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-authorised redress services, claims its new mediation option is a success. In March this...

A new service claims it could help to avoid arrears by mediating in disputes between tenants and landlords or their agents. The...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...

Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is demanding that the new government improves the “slow, complex, and underfunded” system which means that it...

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

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the three approved ombudsman-style redress schemes for estate and letting agents, is expanding into small...