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The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...

The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

A London lettings agent says it welcomes increasing moves towards allowing pets in rental properties - with some conditions.  Bective’s head of...

One of the industry’s leading suppliers says the controversy over pets in private rental properties could be defused relatively easily. Inventory management firm...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

A lettings agency that works closely with Build To Rent developers says half of the schemes allow pets. Pet rentals have been...

Propertymark has waded into the controversy over whether private rental tenants should be allowed to keep pets in their properties. As reported...

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and predictably, he’s chosen an upmarket letting agent. Strutt &...

As debate rages about whether pets should be allowed in more private rental properties, a senior house building figure has spoken up for...

Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

An MP who says no one should have to give up their pet to live in a rental property insists that...

Lettings agents are being told by an online platform to be extra-vigilant as increasing numbers of student tenants are getting pets. The...

The controversial subject of pet-friendly tenancies has been grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the government. The Ministry of Housing,...

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Agents and landlords are advised to think carefully before allowing tenants to keep pets, despite a government push to relax restrictions. The...

A ginger group that supports the Labour party says the government’s bid to stop pet bans is meaningless and does not...

Close examination of the consultation document on possible three year tenancies issued by the government suggest that it may want rent...

A large shake up of the private rental sector begins in Scotland tomorrow with the introduction of Private Residential Tenancies replacing...

The new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, says he is behind the concept of longer tenancies for renters in the private sector.   In...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...