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Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

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

The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning.  Dutton Gregory’s...

A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...

One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...

The government has issued revised guidelines for the possession process in the private and social rented sectors in the light of...

A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...

A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...

The government has pledged a White Paper to be issued in the autumn, dedicated to reform of the private rental sector. Some...

The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind an idea from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to create a mediation service to arbitrate in...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting a webinar this week when the chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents, David...

There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process.  The founder of Landlord...

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

Housing minister Heather Wheeler has pledged that the government will make changes to the court repossession process alongside its plans to...

Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...

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