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Paul Shamplina, the man behind Landlord Action and a Channel 5 show on handling rental crises, is warning that county courts...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

The boss of a company that manages thousands of properties across the UK claims some tenants should be able to ask...

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

Landlords have been sharply criticised by a broker for allegedly trying to cash in on the Coronavirus crisis by demanding mortgage...

A lettings agency is asking tenants who cannot afford to pay rent during the Coronavirus crisis to sign a ‘moral contract’ that...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...