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![No details of Renters Rights Bill until October - expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy check out claims rise, says deposit alternative service](/upload/images/shutterstock_2279564479.jpg)
The number of tenancies ending in a claim for more than five weeks’ rent has risen to 17%, a deposit alternative...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beef Up Renters Reform Bill to stop even more evictions - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_199526675.jpg)
A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents berated for boring and useless ‘Free Valuations’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents breathe sigh of relief as arrears fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark says the lettings market is beginning to stabilise as rent arrears decrease. Propertymark member agents reported that on average, 2.5% of...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove hits back at critics after Renters Reform Bill wins key vote](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
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
![Get On With It - major agency tells government to reform renting](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
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
![Average rent arrears climb as cost of living crisis bites](/upload/images/shutterstock_2141239399.jpg)
Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Passive income from buy to let is a myth, warns legal expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
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
![Industry supplier claims sharp spike in arrears](/upload/images/shutterstock_1928467268.jpg)
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
![Regional lettings group launches enhanced property management service](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Universal Credit and private renting - agents win case for forum](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gary Wright - flatfair Chief Executive Officer](/upload/images/gary%20400%20by%20310%20.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...
13 November 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Tenants worrying more over affordability, claims deposit alternative](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents demand payment changes in upcoming Autumn Statement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - government concession on Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Seminar for Letting Agents ahead of major benefits shake-up](/upload/images/shutterstock_1361250578.jpg)
Social housing provider Caridon Property is hosting a series of free seminars to prepare letting agents for the migration of Housing...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Help your landlords recover rent with PayProp’s effective arrears management tools](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/360X280_Image.jpg)
In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...
11 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-09-06T162349_261.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair What is flatfair and...
07 September 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Possession court delays to worsen thanks to new law - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310-min.jpg)
The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service - introduced this month - will make possession court case delays even worse. That’s the...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Legal warning over Renters Reform Bill impact on market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning. Dutton Gregory’s...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - would a General Election make it or break it?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lawyer hits out at court delays and growing anti-rental sentiment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Eviction powers may even increase under Renters Reform Bill - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
A lettings agency claims eviction powers may actually increase - not reduce - thanks to the controversial Renters Reform Bill. Knight Frank...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Jubilant tenants warned: Be careful what you wish for…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Tenant groups are cheering the proposed abolition of Section 21 eviction powers but there’s a legal warning that the reality may be...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Possession numbers soar ahead of rent cap and eviction ban](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Numbers of possessions have soared in Scotland since the introduction of a rent cap and eviction ban according to DJ Alexander,...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket launches free accounting functions on lettings platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ApartmentSearch-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket Software, the tech division of the portal’s parent group, has announced the inclusion of client accounting functions in its TecLet...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mediation service expands to include letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
A mediation and conciliation service which has previously been restricted to landlords and tenants is now on offer to letting agents. The...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Good News - Arrears at lowest level for six years says bank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
Paragon Bank says the proportion of landlords with tenants in arrears has fallen to its lowest level since 2017. The same applies...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings in the spotlight as current and future regulations hit the headlines](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/shutterstock_1145842904.jpg)
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
![Agents on warpath over increasing additional property tax threat](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector. Emerson has...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Arrears to rise as landlords quit sector - new survey of agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
A survey of letting agents suggests arrears will rise this year, and yet more landlords will quit the private rental sector. The...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Campaigners claim dramatic rise in Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![More agents buy rent protection insurance as arrears worry grows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants paying rent upfront have big advantage over rivals - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
A new assessment of the private rental sector by guarantor service Housing Hand suggests that tenants paying rent upfront have a...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency plays down impact of rent freeze and evictions ban](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Named, Shamed, Expelled - rogue agents thrown out by Ombudsman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Five agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme - all for compliance failures. The first is Home Trader Properties, in...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fixed term tenancies MUST stay, industry tells government](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy disputes dip but one major problem dominates](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/InventoryChecklist-400x310.jpg)
There’s more evidence today that cleaning remains the largest cause of disputes between agents and tenants. Data released by The Dispute Service...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![HomeLet to pay out rent protection faster during Cost of Living Crisis](/upload/images/library/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
HomeLet says it’s to issue all rent protection payments faster, meaning the money will reach agent accounts immediately, subject to banking...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn against rent loophole in controversial debt plans](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenancy-fraud400x310.png)
Propertymark has spoken out against a possible loophole that might allow tenant arrears to go unpaid in certain circumstances. The trade body...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech chief’s advice to agents: talk more with landlords and tenants](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyExpert-Millennial-400x310.jpg)
Letting agents should communicate regularly and proactively with their landlords and tenants to help them understand the proposed reform of the...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Growing arrears risk may hit agents claims PropTech firm](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HousingCrisis-400x310.jpg)
Landlords and agents face a growing risk of rent arrears and tenant fraud because of the cost of living crisis. That’s the...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pressure mounts on politicians to relax proposed eviction rules change](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NoteOfEviction.png)
Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New tenancy rules may be threat to student lettings - claim](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/Co-living400x310.jpg)
There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Deposits - figures show remarkably few agent-tenant disputes](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Calculator-PoundCoins-2019-400x310.jpg)
The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Evictions - What Next? Industry must rethink process, say leaders](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NoteOfEviction.png)
Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Far reaching reforms demanded by lettings industry chiefs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Bridging%20image2%20695x400.jpg)
A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Revolution - agents worried at government proposals](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Radical reform of private rental sector announced by government](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Virtual Viewings complaints rise to Property Redress Service](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Hybrid-Property-400x310.jpg)
PRS, one of the two official redress services for the lettings and sales agency sectors, says it’s seen an increase in...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today – supporting smarter, more streamlined enforcement with PropTech](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-TouchScreen-400x310.jpg)
Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Plea for tenants in arrears to contact their local council](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Covid-created arrears still rising, warns trade body](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus6-400x310-min.jpeg)
The National Residential Landlords Association says average rent debt owed by tenants as a direct result of the pandemic is still...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Faster onboarding vital to counter arrears, says PropTech chief](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-400x310.png)
A PropTech startup says faster and easier onboarding is crucial in the fight against rent arrears - especially with the Omicron...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Evictions: Labour claims “stark rise” in homeless since ban lifted](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A senior Labour politician in the capital claims that there’s been “a stark rise” in people losing their homes since the...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Automation key to agency businesses recovering from Covid](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus6-400x310-min.jpeg)
Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn politicians that investors could quit buy to let sector](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Thank you Michael Gove! Propertymark welcomes arrears fund](/upload/images/library/PropertyManagement-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government reveals rent arrears package for tenants in England](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...
23 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![New international Data law likely to affect many letting agents](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Warning to government - fix rental sector or face stock drought](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/can-we-panic400x310.png)
The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![£10m grants to clear tenant arrears - is this the right approach?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![New forms which letting agents MUST use from October 1](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/landlord-licencing400x310.png)
New forms have been posted online which must be used by landlords and letting agents from October 1. New legislation regarding eviction...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Potential ‘cliff edge’ for renters and landlords as furlough winds up](/upload/images/Logos/NRLA-Logo-2020-400x310.jpg)
Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent arrears rise by £88m during pandemic waves, lettings agency claims](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. The...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Charity: Covid debt crisis will escalate unless Universal Credit cut is reversed](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shock statement by agents - we've lost faith in court system](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CourtCase-400x310.png)
Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Ban Return? Labour wants it for furloughed workers](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
Labour shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell has resuscitated the eviction ban, this time for furloughed workers whose government support ends in...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![So much for Covid Debt - rent arrears are lowest for 10 years](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus6-400x310-min.jpeg)
Research carried out on behalf of Paragon Bank has highlighted each landlord has an average of 1.3 tenants with rent arrears...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![£10m arrears scheme launches to help Covid-hit renters](/img/default/lat.png)
A new £10m scheme to help renters with Covid-related arrears has been launched in Wales. Called the Tenancy Hardship Grant, and introduced...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents growing impatient with government over Covid arrears](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents say not enough is being done to help tenants with Covid-related problems - and that’s despite the issue repeatedly being...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![End all S24 evictions now, demand Baroness and Lord](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Payments and lettings platform integration is PropTech first - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings PropTech platform teclet - part of Glanty, now owned outright by OnTheMarket - has signed off on a link with...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ group warns of widespread evictions without government support](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ body backs controversial £10m tenant support scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark is backing a controversial scheme allocating £10m of taxpayers’ money to assist tenants with Covid-related arrears. The Tenancy Hardship Grant...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![£10m of taxpayers’ cash for tenants with Covid-related arrears](/img/default/lat.png)
A new £10m grant will be introduced in part of the UK to help private rented tenants struggling to pay rent...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pattinson move to Openview to achieve true, advanced automation](/img/default/lat.png)
The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients. Peter Grant,...
21 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Eviction ban extension: Propertymark squares up for a fight](/img/default/lat.png)
Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents link with rental activists to demand help to clear Covid arrears](/img/default/lat.png)
Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![New secure tenancy and assured tenancy forms MUST be used now](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Indefinite Tenancies is key demand in campaigners’ reform manifesto](/img/default/lat.png)
Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Possession cases FALLEN during pandemic, not risen - government](/img/default/lat.png)
Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Activists slam “reckless” end to eviction ban after 15 months](/img/default/lat.png)
The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Full details of Notice and Eviction changes](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions. Whilst some notice...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Alert: government’s last-minute change to process](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been an urgent change to the arrears process over the weekend to dovetail with the government’s new Breathing Space initiative. From...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Public cash for renters and scrap S21 insists another charity](/img/default/lat.png)
Housing charity Crisis says government statistics show almost one in five private renters in England in arrears or likely to fall...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rogue agency may be trading under new name via Facebook, says Ombudsman](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency that failed to pay a compensation award ordered by The Property Ombudsman has been expelled from the scheme...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents must accept deals over arrears if all else fails - advice](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![MPs say “no more” to last-minute panic eviction bans](/img/default/lat.png)
An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![TV eviction expert warns of “court avalanche” when ban ends soon](/img/default/lat.png)
Paul Shamplina, the man behind Landlord Action and a Channel 5 show on handling rental crises, is warning that county courts...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned to prepare for glut of evictions when ban ends](/img/default/lat.png)
An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Extend the eviction ban AGAIN insists new charity campaign](/img/default/lat.png)
A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![MPs still debating whether there’s enough Covid help for private renting](/img/default/lat.png)
Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lawyers concerned about ‘tapering’ of latest eviction ban](/img/default/lat.png)
The Law Society says it’s concerned about how the government will taper the end of the eviction ban, now extended until...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Yet another Eviction Ban extension - and then it will 'taper off'](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Furlough extension will be saviour for many agents - PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ anger that Budget didn’t offer cash help for rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector. “Extending...