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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
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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
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The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...
25 February 2022
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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
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The National Residential Landlords Association says average rent debt owed by tenants as a direct result of the pandemic is still...
09 December 2021
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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
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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
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Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...
22 October 2021
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The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that...
01 October 2021
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Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...
24 September 2021
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Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...
21 September 2021
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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
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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
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Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...
17 August 2021
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A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...
26 July 2021
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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
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A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...
25 June 2021
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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
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A local authority has explained its role in ensuring that a private landlord could arrange for an electrical safety inspection to...
02 June 2021
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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
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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
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...
12 May 2021
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Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...
06 May 2021
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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
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Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...
09 April 2021
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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
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A lettings trade body says the sector - and local councils - should do more to cater for the older and...
26 March 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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It is “extremely likely” there will be an extension to the current ban on bailiffs conducting evictions even after court orders...
06 January 2021
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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
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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
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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
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A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...
25 September 2020
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Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...
21 September 2020
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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
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The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...
18 September 2020
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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
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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
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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
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...
07 September 2020
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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
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ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...
01 September 2020
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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
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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
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A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...
19 August 2020
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...
17 August 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...
07 July 2020
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The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...
06 July 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has expressed its pleasure that the eviction ban, already extended by two months, will now expire at the end...
02 July 2020
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The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...
01 July 2020
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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
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Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...
30 June 2020
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Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...
19 June 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...
03 June 2020
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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
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A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...
21 May 2020
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Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...
20 May 2020
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The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...
13 May 2020
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A group of local landlords and others in the private rental sector are challenging a local authority’s licensing proposals with their...
07 May 2020
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Coventry council has been branded as irresponsible by a leading trade body for allegedly ignoring government advice on licensing schemes during...
06 May 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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Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus. The National...
27 April 2020
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The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...
23 April 2020
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Research by the National Residential Landlords Association and the Which? consumer body has revealed that some 53 councils in England alone...
21 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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The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...
09 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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The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...
19 March 2020
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The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...
09 March 2020
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A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...
02 January 2020
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This month sees the launch of a new trade body for the lettings sector - the National Residential Landlords Association. It’s the...
30 December 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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Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...