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There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

A webinar says the Renters Reform Bill is the biggest challenge facing lettings agents - and it’s prompted calls to a...

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

TecLet, the software platform business now rebranding as part of OnTheMarket Software, has been updated to accommodate radical changes to the...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

The head of the Property Redress Scheme will give agents the lowdown on the recent Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...

Propertymark has waded into the controversy surrounding regulations removing extended notice periods in Scotland. The notice periods for residential tenancies - extended...

Extending the length of Notice to Quit periods in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland to up to six months...

A controversial reform programme for the private rental sector in Wales is to go ahead from July 15 this year -...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...

Letting agents using rent protection and legal expenses insurance via Goodlord will have their rent protected until vacant possession, with no cap...

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...

New forms have been posted online which must be used by landlords and letting agents from October 1. New legislation regarding eviction...

The House of Commons Library, an independent body not controlled by government, has published a detailed history of the many measures...

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...

Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...

Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities is extending the regulations for the period of notice a landlord must give a tenant before...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

The government has updated its guidance for agents, landlords and tenants to explain the possession action process in the county courts...

Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...

The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

A major trade body has called for a tapering down of notice periods for Section 8 and Section 21. The government has...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...

One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...

ARLA Propertymark says its disappointed over the latest extension to an eviction ban and the requirement for six months notice to tenants. The latest...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

The government has formally announced a pause in evictions in England until January 11 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

A legal expert for ARLA Propertymark is recommending that letting agents consider serving a second Section 8 notice if a tenant's...

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

A prominent PropTech figure says agents have a key role in reducing evictions in the short term - and he suggests...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...

The Law Society has set out exactly what the extension of the eviction ban, announced on Friday, means to agents, landlords...

The government has made a last minute U-turn on the eviction ban - extending it for four weeks until September 20. Housing...

A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...

A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...

The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...

The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Paperwork released overnight by the government appears to confirm that the notice period for evictions is extending from two months to...

The Citizens Advice charity is the latest organisation to call for more help for private tenants following what appears to be...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Spring – the season of rebirth, revitalisation and regeneration – is now upon us, and it’s a time of the year...

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...

This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...

Now Northern Ireland appears to be in the frame for substantial changes to the private rental sector according to the Association...

Citizens Advice says some 39 per cent of people living with their children in rented homes have a tenancy of six months...

The controversial three per cent stamp duty surcharge on buy to let and other second home purchases will cause conveyancing “mayhem”...

New legislation designed to reform Scotland’s private rental sector could make it harder for agents and landlords to tackle anti-social behaviour...

Over 7,000 responses have been received in the second round of consultation over the Scottish Government’s proposals for private rental sector...