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![Section 21: Only small proportion of renters evicted, official data shows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla demands mandatory training for all lettings agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2238369719.jpg)
Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get Stuck In! - Agents told to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_2250668215.jpg)
Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bidding Wars not the problem - they’re just a symptom](/upload/images/shutterstock_1948159747.jpg)
A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![40 Not Out! Valerie celebrates four decades in lettings](/upload/images/shutterstock_1663645951.jpg)
Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move. Valerie...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ending S21 is fine says leading agent - but safeguards needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Trade union demands wholesale rental reform in new report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The trade union UNISON has partnered with activist group Generation Rent to demand root-and-branch reform of the private rental sector. Four key...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents fall in some areas but Connells enjoys lettings growth](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Households will have to invest in Green technology - Carney](/upload/images/EcoHomes-2-400x310.png)
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn Rayner - “don’t scrap Section 21 without a replacement”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents fear for future of Private Rental Sector - RICS](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761(2).jpg)
The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Taxes and Rent Controls top worries ahead of election - agency survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents have “toughest job” in era of high rent rises - claim](/upload/images/NB-Movepal-June24-blog-1-Are-we-set-for-summer-surge.jpg)
Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency worried over Rayner scrapping Section 21 “on day one”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove: Rental EPCs must be improved with government help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Experts warn against corporates monopolising private rentals](/upload/images/shutterstock_467960120.jpg)
The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour to ban bidding wars and high upfront rental payments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![No explicit pledge to spread rent controls further in Scotland - SNP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Scottish National Party, which as part of an alliance with the Greens introduced controversial rent controls in Scotland in 2022,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb and Short Let Boom may be over says agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter backs Labour eviction and housing policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_1690158259.jpg)
Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 to be scrapped by Labour immediately](/upload/images/shutterstock_2189665543.jpg)
Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Proposed Capital Gains Tax rise would hit rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent pleads with landlords to believe in buy to let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
The director of a London lettings agency says buy to let landlords are entitled to feel downtrodden but claims it’s still...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Bank rental property initiative signs PropTech deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Citra Living, the Build To Rent offshoot of Lloyds Banking Group, continues with its growth strategy into the private rental sector. Citra...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Change from Tomorrow - reminder to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty-Image--400x310.png)
As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayor Khan accused of failing over rental sector reforms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
In an early General Election skirmish, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to enact key private rental...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning To Labour - Rent Controls Just Won’t Work](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of Agents say they Don’t Know who they’ll vote for](/upload/images/shutterstock_1332472799.jpg)
Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark tells politicians - add agent regulation to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election Gimmick Stamp Duty Cut would trigger evictions - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar,...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stop Killing Market with Rent Controls, agents tell minister](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency flags growing worries over pets in lets](/upload/images/shutterstock_2367788609.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties. A...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands “overhaul” of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - we’re unlikely to follow Scotland, says housing chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Banking Group rental project now has 2,000 properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Toxic attitude to Private Renting may now change, hopes lettings chief](/upload/images/shutterstock_2406793903.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - groups still lobbying for further changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_2078570446.jpg)
A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Deposit Alternative service plays up ‘unaffordable’ rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2205886299.jpg)
A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Tell Politicians - Stop Arguing and Repair Private Renting](/upload/images/shutterstock_2307084393.jpg)
Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning: rental reform could mean rewriting tenancy agreements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Business Boost - Landlord champion urges more use of lettings agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Almost No Reduction in Buy To Let Supply, insists think tank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![“Bold” new Labour reforms for private rental sector coming next month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry boss slams government for ‘grandstanding’ on rent issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control architect threatens new package of ‘reforms’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Second acquisition of the year for regional agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_2274730083.jpg)
Regional estate agency group Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up its second business in recent weeks. It’s acquired Charles Kimbell Lettings in...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning to Labour leader - no rent controls, yes to lower taxes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency to manage getting empty homes into private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuildHomes-400x310.png)
Owners of vacant properties are being offered an improved incentive to bring their house back into use. Plymouth council is re-launching its...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy cash ‘stolen’ by government will worsen rental crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![National Insurance cut offers chance to identify tenancy fraud](/upload/images/shutterstock_549937093.jpg)
Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech sector gives a thumbs down to lacklustre Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_562475698.jpg)
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill threat to student accommodation, say experts](/upload/images/shutterstock_522554425.jpg)
New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide demands four tax changes to help the private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Top%20tips%20property%20investment%20rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons says Build To Rent has vast growth potential as tenants age](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mould and Damp: Agents should act now, says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135683647(1).jpg)
Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ukrainians given visa extension - likely impact on private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ desperate plea to prevent exodus of student landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords. The news comes as a poll conducted...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Starmer insists Awaab’s Law will be extended to private rental sector](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929449678.jpg)
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![High profile supplier restructures and renames](/upload/images/1%20AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council attack on private rental sector ‘is next Post Office scandal’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam government for failing to win industry support for reform](/upload/images/shutterstock_1746444971(1).jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues. According to a Freedom of Information...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls and EPC laws must be discussed with agents - Propertymark](/upload/images/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Third of agents seeing rent rises even at weakest time of year](/upload/images/shutterstock_180368474.jpg)
Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fixflo parent firm links with automated client accounting engine](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark backs extending agency regulation and decent homes standard](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Double digit annual rent inflation for five quarters in a row](/upload/images/shutterstock_1338355010.jpg)
Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer warns that Summer will be hectic for lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figure reveals tax burden paid by private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Tenants try to Defraud Agents - webinar to reveal all this week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour will keep Right To Buy in England if it wins election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will 2024 see the end of private rental sector licensing?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam government house building failures as rental supply drops](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fairer Rental Sector is key Propertymark demand for Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Changing face of Private Rental Sector revealed by new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter plots huge email campaign to stop Renters Reform Bill ‘watering down’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Councils enforcing rental licensing are on brink of bankruptcy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents list major problems with Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames private rental sector for growing child homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Affordability Crisis means rent rises cannot continue at this pace - Savills](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector. Savills...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Bank buys homes from house builder to let to tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hunt’s lack of support for rental sector still subject of criticism](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New energy efficiency U-turn welcomed by leading agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New industry group includes agents and small landlord organisations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should letting agents police the quality of homes to rent?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
A prominent housing expert has told MPs that letting agents could be used to police the standards off homes made available...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ chief warns MPs on need for court reform and more bailiff capacity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock as Rent Controls backed by Judicial Review decision](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top agency insists rental sector negativity is exaggerated](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency slams four councils for policies which directly hit rental supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![New survey to help politicians make rental policy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform activists claim huge public support for change](/upload/images/shutterstock_2215495755.jpg)
The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise as council praises local agents for ‘giving back’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1620071491.jpg)
Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reapit’s new PropTech deal pledges to cut through licensing red tape](/upload/images/shutterstock_538089325.jpg)
Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency claims landlords not quitting rental sector in droves](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761.jpg)
A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let has grown massively in recent years - new statistics](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rayner’s Section 21 Reform must not kill private rental sector - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...