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Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank. Average rents...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
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
A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
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
A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
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
A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
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
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been alleged. A survey of over 2,000 private...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy. This is...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour. In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Data released from Reposit, a deposit alternative service, reveals what it calls “a concerning surge in rent arrears” during the final...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails. Over...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
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
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
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A law professor has dismissed a Labour call for agents to have qualifications as “eye poppingly silly” and “snobby.” Labour’s shadow housing...
30 January 2024
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A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
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The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
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Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...
26 January 2024
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Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
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The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...
25 January 2024
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Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...
24 January 2024
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Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents who want to put their arguments for lettings fiscal reform to the Chancellor have until 5pm next Wednesday to submit...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
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
A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...
08 January 2024
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Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...
08 January 2024
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The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...
27 December 2023
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A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 December 2023
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...
27 December 2023
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Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...
22 December 2023
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Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...
21 December 2023
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Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...
21 December 2023
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Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
20 December 2023
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Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes. Office for National Statistics...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...
19 December 2023
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Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...
15 December 2023
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Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Measures contained in the Renters Reform Bill will fail without sufficient resources to ensure they can be enforced. The warning comes from...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
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
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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
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06 December 2023
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Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...
06 December 2023
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Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...
30 November 2023
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The Generation Rent activist group has come out against an amendment to the Renters Reform Bill which reversed the threat of...