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A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...

Propertymark has issued a statement warning politicians not to introduce rent controls by the backdoor through processes which tinker with the...

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

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

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

A mediation and conciliation service which has previously been restricted to landlords and tenants is now on offer to letting agents.  The...

Following the recent inquest into the tragic death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, agents are being offered free awareness...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes has categorically stated that the government is not considering rent controls in England. In a written reply to...

A new nationally recognised letting agent qualification is being launched by a landlord body. The Managing Property and Residential Lettings Level 3...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...

Rent to the value of £10,982.25 is to be returned to tenants by a landlord who was operating without a licence. Mrs...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

The Renters’ Reform Bill worries many in the private rental sector but the government says there is still no date for...

A letting agency has denied that 'highly toxic' gas is leaking into one of its tenant's homes in Worcester. Leaders has said...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

A landlord who failed to comply with orders to improve the standard of a property has had to pay over £7,500...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is demanding 'property MOTs' to help landlords trying to meet new energy efficiency targets. The government’s...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

A council says it is adopting a new approach to proactively tackling poor housing conditions in privately rented homes in one...

A 10 week consultation period begins today on selective licensing in the central area of Blackpool - with the council threatening...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

Redbridge council in London is offering 50 per cent off the cost of its private rental sector licensing scheme until September...

The Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck, which could give tenants the right to sue landlords if...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is demanding that the new government improves the “slow, complex, and underfunded” system which means that it...

Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published his manifesto which returns to the party’s recent themes of...

Liverpool council has completed only 648 of 39,100 licence applications by landlords in the first six months of its controversial scheme.  The...

The new Conservative government must focus on raising standards across the private renal sector according to one of the industry’s leading...