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A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...
19 February 2021
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A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction. Buy to...
15 February 2021
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A branch of Martin & Co has completed its second independent lettings book acquisition in 18 months. Martin & Co Chelmsford, part...
02 February 2021
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The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...
29 January 2021
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There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...
14 January 2021
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With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...
07 January 2021
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Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...
30 October 2020
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A top property lawyer says a recent decision by bailiffs not to forcibly evict anyone in Tier 2 and Tier 3 is an...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
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The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...
16 July 2020
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...
14 July 2020
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Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...
22 June 2020
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A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...
01 May 2020
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The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...
22 April 2020
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Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus. The call comes...
20 April 2020
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One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...
07 April 2020
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The much delayed merger of the UK’s two landlord bodies has officially happened today. The National Residential Landlords Association has been formed...
02 April 2020
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Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman is warning agents not to discriminate against tenants through a No DSS or any similar policy. Following the legal...
05 March 2020
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The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...
19 February 2020
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A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...
18 February 2020
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The National Landlords Association has issued advice for the lettings sector on the coronavirus infection. Although much of the advice is a...
13 February 2020
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A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...
27 January 2020
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A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...
03 January 2020
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A rogue landlord has been found guilty of unlawful harassment and misleading and aggressive practices, and will be sentenced next month. Ragoopathy...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...
17 December 2019
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The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...
16 December 2019
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New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...
04 December 2019
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A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...
28 November 2019
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Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...
27 November 2019
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Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...
21 November 2019
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An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...
20 November 2019
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One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...
18 November 2019
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Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...
12 November 2019
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London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...
08 November 2019
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The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...
08 November 2019
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One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...
01 November 2019
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A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...
18 October 2019
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The private rented sector would shrink by 20 per cent if Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions are abolished, according to an economic...
30 September 2019
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Ben Beadle is to be the chief executive of the new National Residential Landlords Association, launching in January. The new body comes...
24 September 2019
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Private landlords are to be given a month’s rent upfront and 12 months’ membership of a trade body if they sign...
24 September 2019
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Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...
18 September 2019
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New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The two largest landlord trade groups are to merge. The National Landlords Association and the Residential Landlords Association will unite to form...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Trussell Trust, which coordinates the vast majority of the food banks around the UK, is working with the National Landlords...
29 August 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...
05 August 2019
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Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has become the “exclusive deposit replacement partner” of the National Landlord Association - less than two...
01 August 2019
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A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb. The Times reports that Toby...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning this morning that the root-and-branch reform of the agency industry recommended by a government-backed working party will be...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been told by a lettings industry body that he’ll lose votes if he introduces rent controls...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...
19 July 2019
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Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...
15 July 2019
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Tenants on state benefits could be the 'biggest casualties' of the government's 'ill-thought-out' plans to scrap the Section 21 evictions process,...
05 July 2019
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A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...
05 July 2019
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Local authorities are failing in their duty to prosecute criminal letting agents, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has warned. The NLA says...
04 July 2019
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Junior housing minister Heather Wheeler MP has written to Hull City Council to express her concerns about the authority's controversial accreditation...
03 July 2019
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A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...
01 July 2019
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The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...
24 June 2019
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A lettings sector trade body has written to a council accusing it of initiating an “unlawful” fee structure for a licensing...
14 June 2019
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The National Landlords Association says it’s concerned the Fees Ban coming into effect in just two days’ time may limit access...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is threatening Oxford Council with a judicial review of its landlord and letting agent accreditation scheme. The...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...
15 April 2019
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Prospective tenants are being warned about a fraud scam that cons people into paying an advance fee to rent a property. The...
04 April 2019
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Zoopla says it’s introducing new measures to minimise the presence of what it calls “blanket restrictions” imposed on tenants who receive...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...
14 March 2019
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Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...
12 March 2019
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The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that...
07 March 2019
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Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...
05 March 2019
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Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...
22 February 2019
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The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...
13 February 2019
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There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...
24 January 2019
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A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...
22 January 2019
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The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...
10 January 2019
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There’s been a broad welcome from the industry to new guidance on room sizes on rented homes. The guidance was released just...
02 January 2019
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In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...
24 December 2018
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A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...
24 December 2018
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Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...
10 December 2018
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An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...
06 December 2018
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Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...
04 December 2018
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There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...
04 December 2018
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A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association is threatening a council with a judicial review because of unresolved concerns over the authority’s selective licensing...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...
26 September 2018
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There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of available properties to rent is falling at an alarming rate, particularly in Greater London, according to property platform...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has told another council that its plans to introduce selective licensing in areas of its town are...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association says proposals from Great Yarmouth council to introduce selective licensing in one part of the town contains...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures from the Home Office show that as of the end of March, a total of 405 fines for non-compliance with...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings trade body says 380,000 landlords may be about to sell at least one property - potentially flooding the sales market. The...
16 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid is being urged to look again at the Right To Rent policy and produce “a...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association is seeking property professionals to be its local representatives across the country. The association says these representatives “are...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body is calling on the government to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when an Article 4...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings trade body has announced a rebrand - the second organisation in the sector to do so in a matter...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s highest profile trade bodies has rebranded with a new logo and heavily revised website. The National Landlords Association...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Bristol council is consulting on a licensing scheme which could see buy to let investors paying £1,660 for a five year...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s latest analysis of the lettings market says millennials are slowly but surely becoming homeowners, giving ground in the rentals sector...
12 February 2018
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Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...
12 February 2018
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A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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The National Landlords’ Association is reporting that around 16 per cent of its members in outer London have reduced rents over...
07 February 2018
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There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Today sees the return of MPs to Parliament following the Christmas break, and one early task is to hear oral evidence...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...
02 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has appointed a new chairman - he’s Adrian Jeakings who comes to the position with many years of...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has unveiled a new tool which could help agents and landlords keep across the ever-rising number of...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Only two out of every 10 private rental sector landlords say they are willing to let to tenants in receipt of...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

London lettings agency Portico is working with a trade body to organise a seminar on what it admits is the “challenging”...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Almost a third of renters in the UK do not have a life-saving carbon monoxide alarm in their property, with four...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government. The announcement, made by Labour...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector. The...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...
14 September 2017
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A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector. The volunteers...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Landlords who rent out their property via online letting agents are in a stronger position to deal with new financial and...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The international backlash against Airbnb and similar short-let online platforms continues. Earlier this week a video being shown on cable TV in the...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News

An energy efficiency lobbying group says it backs new government energy efficiency guidelines to improve 300,000 private rented homes - but...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Training organisation Solvo Vir is inviting letting agents and landlords to attend courses to bring them up to date with new...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of over 2,000 private renters for an animal insurance company apparently produces the result that 27 per cent of...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The head of an online letting agency specialising in student accommodation says the controversial Right To Rent legislation may have to...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade body has welcomed a government U-turn on implementing the ‘Making Tax Digital’ initiative - but it says the decision...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has come up with an unexpected possible side effect of the new Tenants’ Fees Bill - it...
27 June 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has agreed a partnership with property marketplace TheHouseShop. The website is now one of the NLA's recognised...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched its Quarter Two Landlords Survey. The research study has been launched hot on the heels...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An investment company says agents and landlords should start taking measures to ensure their properties comply with the new Minimum Energy...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association and Residential Landlords Association have joined forces with Leeds city council to create a new accreditation system...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

An east London landlord, who was also director of a letting agency, has been forced to pay out over £235,000 for...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Research by a lettings sector trade body shows that net growth of units within the private rental sector - that is,...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The substantial majority of landlords who now use letting agents will continue to do so even if they see their premiums...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
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Analysis of the government’s respected English Housing Survey suggests that the reality of the private rental sector is far from the...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A BBC survey claims that powers to combat so-called ‘revenge evictions’ are not being used by the majority of councils in...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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The National Landlords Association is making only three demands on the government for its next Budget, because it recognises further reforms...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A new task group is being set up to explore how a council can tackle what it calls “problems with private...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The central London rental market is beginning to show signs of topping out as tenant demand slides and landlords look to...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The campaigners against planned changes to mortgage interest tax relief - set to come into effect from April, phased over four...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has rejected a central plank of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for housing - the introduction of yet more...
23 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been given a conditional discharge and a four-figure bill after being found guilty of unlawfully evicting a tenant. Cornwall...
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today has been contacted by the Council of Gas Detection and Environmental Monitoring - the trade association for gas...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Around one in 12 properties currently available on the rental market could become un-rentable by 2018 if government energy efficiency plans...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A trade body claims that 47 per cent of landlords would cease to use letting agents if their profits began to...
14 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Industry groups have warned that the government’s ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in England will backfire, with most...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News

An industry group has analysed changes made to the Homelessness Bill and has concluded that far from being something it could...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association claims that changes to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief being introduced in six months time...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK Association of Letting Agents will not be using Ombudsman Service: Property to provide its dispute resolution service from the...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Some 35 per cent of landlords think that leaving the EU will have a negative impact on their ability to attract...
12 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Two landlord associations have criticised local councils for a lack of enforcement and failing to prosecute criminal landlords. The Residential Landlords Association...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Tenants who are advised by local councils and advice agencies to ignore eviction notices could cost the average landlord almost £7,000. The...
15 September 2016
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The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
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Some 21 per cent of buy to let investors are too embarrassed to admit what they do. That is the result of a...
12 September 2016
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An industry body has backed a Conservative MP's anti-homelessness Bill, which has been published by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee. The...
30 August 2016
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The National Landlords Association has come out fighting in response to a weekend report by the National Housing Federation suggesting buy...
23 August 2016
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The amount of housing benefit going to private landlords has more than doubled in the past decade according to the National...
22 August 2016
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A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless. Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...
19 August 2016
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The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...
16 August 2016
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Thirty one per cent of European Union citizens living in the UK’s private rented sector say they are worried that the...
11 August 2016
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Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...
01 August 2016
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More than half of tenants would move or consider moving to a different town or city in order to buy a...
22 July 2016
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A landlord who waged what a local authority describes as “a war of intimidation” against tenants living in his property has...
19 July 2016
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The National Landlords’ Association has announced that three new non-executive directors to join its board. Adrian Jeakings is a former president of...
18 July 2016
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A survey by the National Landords’ Association reveals that the number of retired people living in private rented accommodation has soared...
04 July 2016
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The National Landlords’ Association is warning that knee-jerk reactions to the Brexit vote could damage the buy to let sector. Chief executive...
27 June 2016
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An industry group says the family has overtaken the single person - living alone or sharing - as the most common...
22 June 2016
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The number of people living in private rented accommodation in retirement has soared by more than 200,000 in the last four...
20 June 2016
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Around 30 per cent of private rental sector landlords are still undecided about whether they will vote to leave or remain...
16 June 2016
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A row has broken out between landlords and the council in Oxford, where the local authority is considering a private rental...
14 June 2016
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Landlords are looking to house tenants less likely to miss rental payments in order to minimise the impact of a number...
27 May 2016
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The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched a new version of its Fire Safety Logbook which has been endorsed by the...
25 May 2016
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Some 36% of UK landlords have had a property abandoned by tenants, according to research. Abandonment - which occurs when a tenant...
23 May 2016
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Before new London mayor Sadiq Khan has had his first working day in office, his proposals for a private rental sector...
09 May 2016
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Today sees the first step of a long-term government drive to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector through the...
01 April 2016
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Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...
17 March 2016
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The proportion of landlords in central London who intend to sell property has quadrupled since last year’s Budget, according to the...
11 March 2016
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Seventy nine per cent of tenants are happy with their circumstances according to a survey conducted by the National Landlords’ Association...
02 March 2016
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Four in 10 landlords are either seriously considering forming a limited company or will be looking into the option in the...
22 February 2016
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A letting agent who unlawfully evicted a tenant from a property has been ordered to pay a total of £4,315. Alan Croft...
16 February 2016
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Liverpool council has completed only 648 of 39,100 licence applications by landlords in the first six months of its controversial scheme. The...
04 February 2016
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Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now “worse than levels witnessed...
03 February 2016
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The National Landlords’ Association says an alarming number of private tenants are being told by their local authorities to ignore eviction...
29 January 2016
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The government has announced new dates for energy efficiency compliance in rental properties. The Residential Landlords’ Association says they are as follows: April...
12 January 2016
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A failed bid by a council to introduce a blanket landlord licensing scheme was both unnecessary and unjustified according to the...
24 December 2015
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The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...
17 December 2015
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A landlord has been cautioned and has agreed to pay £1,000 compensation to a tenant, and pay £2,000 towards legal costs,...
15 December 2015
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The National Landlords Association has launched a new campaign - Reinventing Renting - to encourage landlords to make their lettings businesses...
15 December 2015
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The National Landlords’ Association insists that some media forecasts of the impact of the new three per cent stamp duty surcharge...
27 November 2015
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There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...
26 November 2015
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A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...
24 November 2015
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Landlords should make sure they are regularly checking their property to ensure tenants are not subletting without permission. Staying on top of...
20 November 2015
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A survey of tenants suggests around one in nine private sector tenants sublet their propertiers, and almost half of those do...
19 November 2015
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One council’s attempt to crack down on rogue landlords has been branded a "complete failure" because half of its HMOs are...
18 November 2015
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The oral evidence sessions begin today as the government’s controversial Housing and Planning Bill enters its most detailed scrutiny stage in...
10 November 2015
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A council has set up an anti-fraud tool to prevent social housing being illegally sub-let under the pretence of being private...
03 November 2015
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Around 40 per cent of landlords are reporting an increase in tenant demand in their area in the past three months. A...
27 October 2015
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A landlord has a bill of more than £85,000 for unlawfully letting a basement flat. As part of a council planning enforcement...
26 October 2015
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There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...
21 October 2015
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An Oxford landlord has been convicted of unlawfully evicting a tenant after “a campaign of sustained harassment”. Riasat Ali was ordered to...
21 October 2015
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The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...
20 October 2015
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Government proposals forcing agents and landlords to check the immigration status of tenants risk a serious breach of human rights according...
13 October 2015
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The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...
12 October 2015
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Eviction specialists at Landlord Action are raising concerns as to whether there are sufficient resources, especially at local council level, to...
02 October 2015
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Some 88 per cent of tenants say they are unaware of the new law introduced this week intended to protect them...
02 October 2015
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it strongly supports new health and safety legislation coming into effect today - but...
01 October 2015
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New industry research shows that of those existing buy to let investors with a pension in place, just five per cent...
25 September 2015
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A landlord body says it has had confirmation from the government that there is an error in the published version of...
21 September 2015
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Over half the private rental sector tenants on housing benefit have experienced delays over its payment from their local council. Research by...
15 September 2015
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The property industry has hit out at what appears to be government confusion over a raft of new rules coming into...
10 September 2015
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If supporters of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget restrictions on tax breaks for buy to let landlords thought opposition would die off...
07 September 2015
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New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...
04 September 2015
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New figures from a landlords’ organisation show that mortgage repayments are easily the biggest outgoing for a large proportion of landlords. The...
11 August 2015
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The National Landlords’ Association has met with the Home Office and the Department of Communities and Local Government - and has...
06 August 2015
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There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...
04 August 2015
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A lettings organisation claims that a council licensing scheme in London will mean compulsory monthly visits to properties being let out. Harrow...
04 August 2015
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A landlord has been ordered to pay a fine and costs of £2,925 for unlawfully evicting a tenant from a house...
24 July 2015
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An estimated 400,000 landlords in the UK - that’s approaching three in every 10 - have had their property damaged by...
20 July 2015
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The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London - appears to have abandoned...
10 July 2015
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There has been no let-up in the anger expressed by sections of the buy to let sector after Chancellor George Osborne...
10 July 2015
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Chancellor George Osborne has been warned that rents in the private rented sector could rise if he scraps the tax-deductible status...
08 July 2015
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The National Landlords Association says next month is the next key date for the roll-out of the government’s controversial immigration checks...
19 June 2015
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The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...
18 June 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for more effective action to find the minority of landlords who are criminals. The Association...
28 May 2015
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Tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech outlining legislation for the next 12 months will include a pledge to roll out across England and Wales...
26 May 2015
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The National Landlords Association has accused the Citizens Advice report of using “loose definitions to compound a perception that private housing...
22 May 2015
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The National Landlords Association says it is to lobby Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on private rental sector tax issues...
21 May 2015
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A Conservative government means good news in the shape of a reduction in bureaurcracy for the private rental sector - but...
12 May 2015
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The National Landlords’ Association has set out a table of where the political parties stand on issues of lettings sector reform...
05 May 2015
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Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...