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The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

An industry body - the Property Energy Professionals Association - has condemned the Prime Minister’s abandonment of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

A legal expert says there is too little practical help available to transform the energy efficiency reputation of the private rental...

Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...

One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

New analysis of the English Housing Survey by the Building Research Establishment has found that excessively cold homes in England could...

Propertymark is querying why there’s no help for the private rental sector to meet energy efficiency targets expressed in a new...

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...

PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...

Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...

A property law expert is aiming to demystify the upcoming rental legislation for agents at a webinar tomorrow. Robert Bolwell, senior partner...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...

A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...

Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...

A new partnership with a PropTech supplier means Purplebricks is now offering landlord clients improved compliance over energy efficiency and other...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...

There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy...

Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

The government should be more ambitious when it comes to ensuring the private rented sector becomes increasingly energy efficient. That’s the message...

A specialist buy to let mortgage lender says buy to let investors should act now - even if it means borrowing...

Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last 12 months to boost the energy efficiency...

An experienced agent claims that forgoing the services of a letting agent to save money is a false economy for landlords. In...

Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...

The National Federation of Builders is linking up with a lettings trade body to make it easier for reputable craftspeople to...

A leading property law specialist has warned that many buy to let investors remain unaware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning that “thousands” of landlords simply are not ready for energy efficiency changes coming...

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties.  From...

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has selected a software supplier to handle some of the exceptions to the...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

A new survey suggests that only four per cent of tenants and landlords are aware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members to tell landlord clients that they have only a month to...

An ‘instant EPC ratings check’ has been created on the website of Mortgages for Business allowing agents to check the ratings...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...

The Residential Landlords Association says it welcomes the government’s decision to reduce the likely maximum payment by landlords for energy improvements...

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...

The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector.   The hefty 95-page...

The CLA says the energy efficiency regulations for the lettings sector coming into effect in April are “fundamentally flawed” when it...

One in 20 lettings properties breach minimum standards set to come into force next April, according to a survey for an insurance...

The Residential Landlords Association has secured a £1.5m funding pot from energy company E.ON - the only such funding dedicated solely...

An energy efficiency lobbying group says it backs new government energy efficiency guidelines to improve 300,000 private rented homes - but...

An investment company says agents and landlords should start taking measures to ensure their properties comply with the new Minimum Energy...

A group of rural landlords has called on the government to clarify Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) legislation being introduced next...

Agents and landlords are being warned by a property management agency to prepare for the next round of energy-efficiency regulation changes...

This weekend marks one year to go before the introduction of new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - which are expected to...

One of Britain’s most senior letting agents says landlords should take the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the Energy Performance...

Today sees the first step of a long-term government drive to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector through the...

This week sees the first step in a long series of reforms - the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - aimed at...