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Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...

A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

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

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

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

Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...

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

Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation.  Propertymark has...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been alleged. A survey of over 2,000 private...

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

Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

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

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

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

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

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

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

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

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

According to the BBC, the Government is no longer committed to increase the amount disabled people in England can claim to...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

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

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...

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

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

Propertymark has responded to two consultations on the proposals to introduce electrical safety standards and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in...

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

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

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

A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property.  If it goes ahead it will be...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

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

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

Portsmouth and Southsea lettings agency Chinneck Shaw has been appointed to manage the first purpose-built Build to Rent project from Ravelin...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...

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

The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...

The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...

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

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

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

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...

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

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

A lettings and property management platform has broken ranks with much of the industry over the Renters Reform Bill.  While most agents...

Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...

Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...

A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...

Five councils are delivering what they call “a ground-breaking project” aimed at improving the experience and environment for landlords and tenants...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

The chief executive of Propertymark has reiterated his call for the government to make investment in buy to let attractive. Nathan Emerson says:...

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

There’s to be a consultation this autumn about a proposed selective licensing regime in Scarborough. The proposal covers parts of the Castle,...

A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

Propertymark’s policy and campaigns director is one of the founding members of a body called the Landlord Leaders Community, which has just...

Reposit has increased the number of agencies offering its deposit alternative product.   This increase in agent customers comes as Reposit reports growth...

Letting agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in the next industry forum on Wednesday...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...

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

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...

The Nationwide Foundation - a pressure group funded by the Nationwide - says more effective enforcement is required for the private...

Council tax premiums being considered in Wales would be insufficient to persuade short let and holiday home owners to move their...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

The latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark shows a familiar story for the lettings sector.  It says that in June the number...

The Renters (Reform) Bill rewrites many of the rules that the private rented sector has played by for decades. This may...

Propertymark has set out the case for an increase in benefits for private tenants. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's Head of Policy and Campaigns...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...