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![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
![Michael Gove turns the safety screws on reluctant freeholders](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Complaints About Agents - huge rise in compensation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Insurance Register must be free to use to help rental sector - ARLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-2-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Last Ditch Bid to save unpopular freeholds from Gove’s law change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 U-turn - more details given by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...
23 October 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
![Mediation service expands to include letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
A mediation and conciliation service which has previously been restricted to landlords and tenants is now on offer to letting agents. The...
03 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
![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
![Agents warn against rent loophole in controversial debt plans](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenancy-fraud400x310.png)
Propertymark has spoken out against a possible loophole that might allow tenant arrears to go unpaid in certain circumstances. The trade body...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agencies have six months left to register banking complaints](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/360x280%20Bank%20Sponsored%20Content%20September.jpg)
Many agencies have long-standing and unresolved banking complaints, for example regarding client accounts: now it’s been declared they have only six...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla lettings gurus put forward rental register idea](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Maxine Fothergill, who has just completed her year as President of ARLA Propertymark, is the latest recruit to Zoopla’s Lettings Advisory...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Far reaching reforms demanded by lettings industry chiefs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Bridging%20image2%20695x400.jpg)
A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy Disputes? Call for letting agents to use mediation processes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has stepped up its call for a dedicated Housing Tribunal to improve mediation and enhanced dispute resolution. The trade body also...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![No Rent Controls - agents send clear message to politicians](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove launches letting agent insurance to cover lost fees](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Rightmove is launching a new insurance product for letting agents called Agent Revenue Protection. It is designed to pay out up to...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why Scrap Section 21? Possession cases are plummeting anyway...](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: new property management safety issue on the horizon](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Ban: government accused of hypocrisy over tenants’ rights](/img/default/lat.png)
Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Relief for letting agents as mandatory mediation threat is lifted](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Relief for lettings sector as mandatory mediation threat is lifted](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Show Us The Results: Agents demand mediation pilot evidence](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent Alert: Change to eviction notice periods from today](/img/default/lat.png)
The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government revises Mediation guidelines for ‘life after eviction ban’](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government mediation can help agencies recover arrears - industry leader](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents must accept deals over arrears if all else fails - advice](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government reveals details of arrears mediation scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Evictions and arrears webinar this morning aimed at rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Eviction ban extension is good news, insists top lawyer](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Eviction mediation scheme - lawyers raise concerns](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Agents back new Mediation scheme between landlords and tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Eviction ban extended in England and Wales](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Deposit scheme wants new role negotiating rent repayment deals](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Redress operator bigs up its own mediation service](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Evictions could be avoided by new rental mediation service](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Leading Tory speaks up for agents, landlords and the rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Mediation bid to keep agents, tenants and landlords out of court](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Government gives Labour council £200k for new rental clampdown](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Agents join grand industry coalition to retain Section 21](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Agents, landlords and tenants invited to ‘better relationship’ sessions](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![London-based student lettings platform targets global audience](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Trade group wants new government to improve slow court process](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Almost 50 per cent of tenants have property maintenance problems](/img/default/lat.png)
Approaching 50 per cent of private tenants have experienced property maintenance issues with their agents or landlords. The figure comes through research...