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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...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

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

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails.  Over...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

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

A group of rental activists claims that police in England are disproportionately using a 19th century law that criminalises rough sleeping...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Measures contained in the Renters Reform Bill will fail without sufficient resources to ensure they can be enforced. The warning comes from...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...

Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

A row has broken out over Section 21 between Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and an all-party...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister during the short lived premiership of Liz Truss. Rowley...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...

A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...

The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

The private rental sector could play a far greater role in helping to end homelessness in Scotland, according to a new...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...

Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...

Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a one hour online course explaining the controversial Renters Reform Bill. The aim is to equip letting...

Citizens Advice is calling on the government to provide an unspecified amount of assistance to renters during the current cost of...

Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...

The Renters Reform Bill will cost letting agents over £275m in the next decade as fewer landlords use their services. That’s the...

The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...

The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...

The Renters Reform Bill is being discussed by MPs this afternoon - although not as part of its long-running passage through...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

Lettings chain Fine & Country says rents are likely to steadily rise through the summer. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine &...

Agents are being urged to sign a new petition has been launched on the UK Parliament website to reverse the move...

Two animal charities - Cats Protection and Dogs Trust - have started recruiting MPs to their campaign in favour of pets...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months, despite widespread opposition from the lettings...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...

Propertymark has given an insight into how letting agents are likely to be expected to use a new Landlords Database. The database...

Propertymark says it’s going to send a briefing on behalf of letting agents to every MP and member of the House...

Free legal help for agents on what Renters Reform Bill really means A free webinar hosted by PropTech firm Goodlord is being...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

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

In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...

The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament this...

  The Renters’ Reform Bill is finally due to be published and introduced into Parliament next week. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has told Sky...

One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...

Letting agencies with physical offices are being presented with a new business rates system in the future. But Propertymark says the changes...

The government has taken the first step to introducing a mandatory ombudsman scheme which private landlords must join. This is effectively the...

Propertymark is speaking out about problems with some conversions of commercial property into residential.The warning comes in the trade body’s response...

West Oxfordshire council is the latest to demand new government legislation to increase council tax on empty and second homes in...

It’s been revealed that Propertymark contributed its thoughts to a Parliamentary committee which has slammed the failure of the government’s Boiler...

The Scottish Parliament’s so called Cost of Living Act - imposing rent controls on the private sector - is backfiring. That’s the...

A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...

The controversial ban on private rental sector rent rises and evictions is to continue in Scotland for another six months at...

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...