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Speculation is growing that a high profile former leader of the Association of Residential Letting Agents may become the next chief...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

The much delayed merger of the UK’s two landlord bodies has officially happened today. The National Residential Landlords Association has been formed...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

The National Landlords Association has issued advice for the lettings sector on the coronavirus infection. Although much of the advice is a...

A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

This month sees the launch of a new trade body for the lettings sector - the National Residential Landlords Association. It’s the...

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...

New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...

Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...

A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...

A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...

The private rented sector would shrink by 20 per cent if Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions are abolished, according to an economic...

Ben Beadle is to be the chief executive of the new National Residential Landlords Association, launching in January. The new body comes...

Private landlords are to be given a month’s rent upfront and 12 months’ membership of a trade body if they sign...

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...

The two largest landlord trade groups are to merge. The National Landlords Association and the Residential Landlords Association will unite to form...

The Trussell Trust, which coordinates the vast majority of the food banks around the UK, is working with the National Landlords...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...

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...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been told by a lettings industry body that he’ll lose votes if he introduces rent controls...

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

Tenants on state benefits could be the 'biggest casualties' of the government's 'ill-thought-out' plans to scrap the Section 21 evictions process,...

Local authorities are failing in their duty to prosecute criminal letting agents, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has warned. The NLA says...

Junior housing minister Heather Wheeler MP has written to Hull City Council to express her concerns about the authority's controversial accreditation...

The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

The National Landlords Association says it’s concerned the Fees Ban coming into effect in just two days’ time may limit access...

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...

Prospective tenants are being warned about a fraud scam that cons people into paying an advance fee to rent a property. The...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

Zoopla says it’s introducing new measures to minimise the presence of what it calls “blanket restrictions” imposed on tenants who receive...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...

Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...

Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...

A post on a landlord website suggests that a new trade body is being set up to challenge the dominance of...

The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...

There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...

Mortgage lenders and brokers have been too quiet over changes to buy to let lending, according to a trade body. The National...

A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...

A lettings trade body says 380,000 landlords may be about to sell at least one property - potentially flooding the sales market. The...

The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid is being urged to look again at the Right To Rent policy and produce “a...

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...

The National Landlords Association is seeking property professionals to be its local representatives across the country. The association says these representatives “are...

A trade body is calling on the government to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when an Article 4...

A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...

A lettings trade body has announced a rebrand - the second organisation in the sector to do so in a matter...

One of the industry’s highest profile trade bodies has rebranded with a new logo and heavily revised website.  The National Landlords Association...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...

The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...

At least one trade body has expressed an apparent scepticism about whether the rebranding of the Department of Communities and Local...

The National Landlords Association has appointed a new chairman - he’s Adrian Jeakings who comes to the position with many years of...

The National Landlords Association has unveiled a new tool which could help agents and landlords keep across the ever-rising number of...

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...

The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

Only two out of every 10 private rental sector landlords say they are willing to let to tenants in receipt of...

The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector.   The...

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...

Landlords who rent out their property via online letting agents are in a stronger position to deal with new financial and...

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...

Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...

A survey of over 2,000 private renters for an animal insurance company apparently produces the result that 27 per cent of...

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...

The National Landlords Association has come up with an unexpected possible side effect of the new Tenants’ Fees Bill - it...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has agreed a partnership with property marketplace TheHouseShop. The website is now one of the NLA's recognised...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched its Quarter Two Landlords Survey. The research study has been launched hot on the heels...

Former Conservative Party leader and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is set to speak at a lettings sector event...

Single property landlords are finally waking up to the fact they could be pushed in to a higher tax bracket following...

The National Landlords Association and Residential Landlords Association have joined forces with Leeds city council to create a new accreditation system...