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![PropTech link with landlord-owned lettings compliance service](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind-400x310.png)
PropTech platform Goodlord has partnered with safety certificate provider Safe2 to offer compliance work for the lettings sector. Safe2 - recently acquired...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of Agents say they Don’t Know who they’ll vote for](/upload/images/shutterstock_1332472799.jpg)
Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lords won’t wreck Renters Reform Bill - trade body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Tell Politicians - Stop Arguing and Repair Private Renting](/upload/images/shutterstock_2307084393.jpg)
Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ministers warned not to backtrack on disability housing](/upload/images/shutterstock_187933352.jpg)
According to the BBC, the Government is no longer committed to increase the amount disabled people in England can claim to...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will 2024 see the end of private rental sector licensing?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - government concession on Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rayner’s Section 21 Reform must not kill private rental sector - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency group signs big deal with landlords association](/upload/images/shutterstock_605497610.jpg)
The Leaders Romans Group of lettings agencies has signed a deal with the National Residential Landlords Association. LRG will become the NRLA’s...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - why no details of court reform?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Beef up enforcement for private renting, demands pressure group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Nationwide Foundation - a pressure group funded by the Nationwide - says more effective enforcement is required for the private...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pets and evictions on the agenda at free info session for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/CoupleWithDog-400x310.png)
Private landlords and lettings agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event. Cumberland council says property owners and...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor’s Crisis Meeting - pleas for rental help mount](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is today charing a crisis meeting of mortgage lenders, as calls mount for him to take action to...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - Agents asked for help building case against](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association is looking for help from letting agents in building a case against rent controls. The association is...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fight Back Against Rent Controls - rallying call to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Message To Gove - ditch the rhetoric, give us details](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![New eviction powers to get rid of anti social tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Landlords and agents acting on their behalf are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent Alert - new How To Rent guide to be issued Friday](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_772014820.jpg)
A new How To Rent guide is to be issued on Friday, according to a government communication with the National Residential...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings in the spotlight as current and future regulations hit the headlines](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/shutterstock_1145842904.jpg)
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
![Private renting vital to economic and social fabric of UK - report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
The private rented sector has an important economic and social role to play across the country, according to a new report...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chaos - trade group despairs at open-ended tenancy suggestion](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan’s ‘rental summit’ excludes agents and landlords](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SadiqKhan-4-400x310.jpg)
Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, held a summit yesterday about the capital’s private rental sector - but he did not...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP challenged on shock call for rent freeze](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
The landlords’ main trade body is directly challenging a Tory MP who has called for a rent freeze. Natalie Elphicke - in...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![What’s your view on Rental Reform proposals? An unusual invitation…](/upload/images/Back-link-images/Man%20with%20a%20speaker.jpg)
Agents are being invited to comment on the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. And unusually the invitation comes not from any...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Amend Tenant Fees Act before pets allowed - demand to government](/upload/images/Pets/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.jpg)
New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents trade body teams up with pro-pets group for survey](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(2)-400x310-min.jpeg)
Letting agents are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the damage?”...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![They’re Back: Lettings and investment experts exhibiting this week](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today – supporting smarter, more streamlined enforcement with PropTech](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-TouchScreen-400x310.jpg)
Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove slammed by agents over cladding comments](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stock shortage to worsen unless massive rental targets are met](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Covid-created arrears still rising, warns trade body](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus6-400x310-min.jpeg)
The National Residential Landlords Association says average rent debt owed by tenants as a direct result of the pandemic is still...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Quick! Tickets going fast for letting sector’s event of the year](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
There are fewer than 70 tickets left for December 7's rescheduled 25th ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition. Originally due to take place in...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government reveals rent arrears package for tenants in England](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...
23 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eco-Debate - A One Size Fits All solution won’t work for agents](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Benefits of scrapping S21 outweigh problems, insists Shelter](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords hit back as Welsh Government extends notice periods again](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Potential ‘cliff edge’ for renters and landlords as furlough winds up](/upload/images/Logos/NRLA-Logo-2020-400x310.jpg)
Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Industry welcomes Gove as new Housing Secretary](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
The property industry has broadly welcomed Michael's Gove appointment as Housing Secretary after he replaced Robert Jenrick yesterday afternoon. “We welcome today’s...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Demand at five year high thanks to Covid relaxation - trade group](/upload/images/Logos/NRLA-Logo-2020-400x310.jpg)
Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents back charity groups over poverty threat from benefit cuts](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cash needed to help rental sector achieve better EPCs](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Over-regulated and outdated - the rules governing private renting](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by a lettings sector trade body has revealed precisely how outdated some regulations are. According to the latest analysis, by the...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Discrimination against tenants on benefits is fault of government - new report](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Forum for private rental sector to be staged next week by council](/img/default/lat.png)
Helping those in the private rental sector understand the latest changes to regulations due to Covid-19 is one of the aims...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent uses council to secure electrical inspection at private flat](/img/default/lat.png)
A local authority has explained its role in ensuring that a private landlord could arrange for an electrical safety inspection to...
02 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
![Activists slam “reckless” end to eviction ban after 15 months](/img/default/lat.png)
The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government willing to listen to agents on rental reform, claims ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour says rent controls for UK cities could be based on London](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Taper notice periods as soon as possible, government urged](/img/default/lat.png)
A major trade body has called for a tapering down of notice periods for Section 8 and Section 21. The government has...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent guarantees could mean more DSS tenants in private sector](/img/default/lat.png)
Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned to prepare for glut of evictions when ban ends](/img/default/lat.png)
An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pressure on private rented sector to cater more for older and disabled](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings trade body says the sector - and local councils - should do more to cater for the older and...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent anger about latest extension of six month notice period](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark says its disappointed over the latest extension to an eviction ban and the requirement for six months notice to tenants. The latest...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour says latest eviction ban extension isn’t enough](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour says the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions doesn’t go far enough to help tenants. The extension to the...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Ban Extended Again: government makes announcement](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...
14 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction scare stories are nonsense, government figures suggest](/img/default/lat.png)
Government data suggests that scare stories talking of a glut of evictions if the current ban is lifted are simply unfounded. Data...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fall in size of private rental sector according to government figures](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures. Latest data...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs and Holiday Homes should not have tax perks denied to Buy To Let](/img/default/lat.png)
A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Extension to bailiff and eviction ban “extremely likely” warns trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
It is “extremely likely” there will be an extension to the current ban on bailiffs conducting evictions even after court orders...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Arrears set to worsen as a result of Sunak’s LHA freeze](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s widespread concern that a freeze on the Local Housing Allowance will worsen rental arrears. Although Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to mention...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![New lettings agent qualification launched by landlords group](/img/default/lat.png)
A new nationally recognised letting agent qualification is being launched by a landlord body. The Managing Property and Residential Lettings Level 3...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Politicians should be better informed on rental policy - ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sunak's schemes not enough to help rental sector - trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban ends but it’s under “constant review” insists minister](/img/default/lat.png)
Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Citizens Advice claims “concern building” over renter homelessness](/img/default/lat.png)
The Citizens Advice charity claims that new figures suggest concern is building amongst renters about the possibility of losing their home. It...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Industry prepares for end of evictions ban after six-month shutdown](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords slam London Mayor's call for ‘disaster’ two-year rent freeze](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan's call for a rent freeze in the capital. Yesterday, ahead...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Latest eviction change: Six months notice and no Christmas evictions](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Huge loss of income: Buy To Let counts cost of Coronavirus crisis](/img/default/lat.png)
The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged by ARLA to lobby MPs over cash help to tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents can refer struggling tenants to independent advice helpline](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents and landlords in Wales can now direct struggling tenants to a new independent advice service. The Private Rented Sector Helpline...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents link with critics to demand public cash for renters](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ Alert: surprise changes to notice periods](/img/default/lat.png)
In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boris Johnson told: You’ve kicked the rental sector in the teeth](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years. In a...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![This is why the eviction ban should be lifted, explains trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![London mayor accused of scaremongering over eviction fears](/img/default/lat.png)
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![It’s nonsense: Figures show eviction surge fear is unfounded](/img/default/lat.png)
The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Arrears: Loans for tenants with debts because of Covid](/img/default/lat.png)
The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Warm welcome for eco-grants given by lettings trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association is giving the thumbs up to the government’s Green Homes Grant, which it claims has taken...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top housing lawyer now acting for newly-merged lettings body](/img/default/lat.png)
Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![New eviction court procedures to address Covid backlog](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has outlined new court procedures to address the expected backlog of cases when eviction proceedings resume on August 24. For...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Private tenants increasingly satisfied with homes and landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government must help young renters hit by furlough end - lettings group](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Shelter's latest allegations batted away by lettings trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents and landlords delighted that eviction ban will end next month](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has expressed its pleasure that the eviction ban, already extended by two months, will now expire at the end...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban WILL end in late August, government hints](/img/default/lat.png)
The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Scare Tactics! Generation Rent accused by leading trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban threat provokes new campaign by industry big hitters](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Court boost for private rental sector after key S21 judgement](/img/default/lat.png)
Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban puts domestic abuse victims at greater risk - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
The extension to the evictions ban will compound the suffering of victims of domestic violence and anti-social behaviour. That’s the view of...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Ban: Campaign launched to tell MPs how it's hurting industry](/img/default/lat.png)
The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![‘Five months without rent!’ - Anger at eviction ban extension](/img/default/lat.png)
Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months. It will be...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![There never was eviction crisis looming, insists lettings group](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Testers' guide to electrical safety checks arriving next month](/img/default/lat.png)
Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Industry body backs call for extra financial aid for tenants during virus](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don’t make it harder to evict tenants - plea to government](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...