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22 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
![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
![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
![Rental Reform and Solar Panels to be key pledges in King’s Speech](/upload/images/shutterstock_514013710.jpg)
Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank warns Labour not to push Rental Reform too far](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Starmer names minister to steer through Rental Reform Legislation](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_431846332.jpg)
Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...
06 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Housing Secretary named by Sir Kier Starmer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Angela Rayner has been appointed Levelling Up Secretary with responsibility for housing - a role she has in addition to being...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock as agency demands Renters Reform Bill be passed ASAP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bidding Wars - letting agents mostly to blame, says campaigner](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s big idea to shift first time buyers from rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![What about Rental Reform? Labour puts issue on the back burner](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Almost no agent ready for revised tenancy arrangements](/upload/images/shutterstock_635148143.jpg)
A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...
08 May 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
![Political uncertainty suggests ongoing landlord exodus, says Knight Frank](/upload/images/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
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
![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
![Small autumn dip in London rents as market returns to normality](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
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
![How investing in a CRM is the best way to NTS compliance](/upload/images/Ricardo%20Dawson(2).png)
I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![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
![MPs complain that rental reform questions go unanswered](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Union urges government not to give in to private rental experts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill to cost letting agents millions - new analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Renters Reform Bill will cost letting agents over £275m in the next decade as fewer landlords use their services. That’s the...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill on agenda at flagship agent training event](/upload/images/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Details have emerged of a flagship agent training event to be held later this year. Agent Rainmaker Live is to be a...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![One city loses 1,500 rental homes to Airbnb - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Economists tell government - rental reform will backfire](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists threaten action if rental reform ‘does not deliver’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Celebrity endorsement for Gove’s Rental Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames Section 21 and rental reform delay for rise in homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
New government figures show how overdue the government's reform of private renting is, claims campaigning charity Shelter. The charity says the figures...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - just a delay or a major rethink?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - everything we know so far](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament this...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![New eviction powers to get rid of anti social tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Landlords and agents acting on their behalf are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent tells Gove: cease attacks on private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax incentives for rental sector - top agent’s plea to Chancellor](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
A prominent agent and former RICS residential chairman has made an impassioned plea to the government to help the private rental...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to regularly inspect to spot damp and mould](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Mould-400x310.png)
A combination of regular inspections and pro-active installation of ventilation can help to reduce the risk of dangerous damp and mould...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform Now! Councils want immediate government action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists call ‘Day of Action’ in protest at rental reform slowdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
A coalition of tenant activists has called a Day of Action to protest at delays in the government’s rental reform agenda. The...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Webinar to examine key problems challenging industry](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Key figures from across the industry will come together tomorrow to discuss the challenges currently facing the lettings sector., Starting at 10am...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chaos - trade group despairs at open-ended tenancy suggestion](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Most tenants satisfied with private rental accommodation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Over55Tenant-400x310.png)
Over two thirds of tenants are satisfied with their private rented accommodation, a new survey shows. The finding comes in the results...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ignore Critics! Rental reform popular with vast majority of industry - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![It’s never been more important to air your views on lettings](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/PayProp%20sponsored%20content%20article%20-%20survey.jpg)
Does the lettings industry cater properly for agents' needs? There’s only one way of knowing – asking you directly. To find out...
14 November 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Labour pledge to go further than government on rental reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
Labour’s new housing spokesperson, Matthew Pennycook, says his party would go further than the government on the subject of private rental...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents to be briefed on the latest rental reform updates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/MillenialAgents1-400x310.png)
The head of the Property Redress Scheme will give agents the lowdown on the recent Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists delighted at abolition of Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Campaigners who turned on the Prime Minister on Tuesday were cock-a-hoop just 24 hours later when Liz Truss did another U-turn...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Levelling Up adverts fall foul of standards watchdog](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned advertorial material issued by the government department responsible for rental reform and housing. Two Labour MPs...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pets In Lets - no answer yet to issues of damage and costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental reform is the big debate at agents’ annual conference](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Conference-400x310.png)
The details of the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill will be the main focus of the Propertymark annual conference in Belfast...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![No major rental reform debate at Tory Party conference](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...
30 September 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
![Named and Shamed! Letting agents back controversial database](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenantHome-2-400x310.jpg)
A controversial database which will allow widespread access to the identities of rogue letting agents and landlords has been backed by...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform future uncertain as new housing minister stays quiet](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/house%20of%20lords_jpg%20400%20x%20310.png)
Lee Rowley is the new housing minister, specifically responsible for taking charge of the government’s rental reform agenda. The government has confirmed...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![New ministers appointed to housing department](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-Wide-InArticle.jpg)
Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - but at this stage it’s...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Private rental sector lacks incentives to hit Net Zero - agents](/upload/images/library/EPCRating-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark says it’s a strong fan of New Zero ambitions but warns that the private rental sector needs incentives to...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Two Days Left! Last call for agents’ views on rental reform](/upload/images/Back-link-images/Man%20with%20a%20speaker.jpg)
Agents have only until Friday to respond to the committee of MPs currently calling for evidence concerning the reform of the...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![We need a Minister for Renting says lettings marketing chief](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HousingVision-400x310.jpg)
A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tory duo warned not to delay rental reform - key supplier speaks out](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SunakvsTruss_400x310.png)
A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![What’s your view on Rental Reform proposals? An unusual invitation…](/upload/images/Back-link-images/Man%20with%20a%20speaker.jpg)
Agents are being invited to comment on the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. And unusually the invitation comes not from any...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![MPs want agent feedback on Rental Reform - but be quick…](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants at risk because of delay to rental reforms - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark group lobbying politicians ahead of rental reforms](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Online agency boss warns against delaying rental reform](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
The boss of an online lettings agency is warning the government against undue delay and greater uncertainty in the rental reform...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Question mark over rental reform as housing ministers quit](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices400x310.png)
If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reform is “a dark day for private rental sector” says Propertymark](/upload/images/Locations/England-Scotland-400x310.jpg)
Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reform Timetable needed to stop uncertainty says leading industry supplier](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Calendar-Appointment-400x310.jpg)
A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla lettings gurus put forward rental register idea](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Maxine Fothergill, who has just completed her year as President of ARLA Propertymark, is the latest recruit to Zoopla’s Lettings Advisory...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reforms must ease shortage of supply - Propertymark speaks out](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
The agents’ trade association Propertymark says the government’s high-profile rental sector reforms should address the continuing shortage of supply. Propertymark chief executive...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Public kick back against rental reform proposals](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Protest-400x310.jpg)
An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Essential to involve agents and landlords in reform - agency chief](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BridgingImage-InArticle.jpg)
Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental reforms prompt independent agency to sell to larger rival](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Keyring-400x310.jpg)
An agency has snapped up its second independent in 12 months. James Douglas Sales and Lettings has acquired Leek and Weston in...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour pushing for even more radical reforms plus rent controls](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla backs rental reforms despite agents’ reservations](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform White Paper - full details here](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is rental reform a distraction from government failures elsewhere?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reforms to be unveiled by government tomorrow](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Change on the agenda for leading inventory clerks’ trade association](/upload/images/Logos/aiic-logo400x310.png)
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn Boris Johnson: “Stop punishing the private rental sector”](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
A new survey is a warning the government that it must stop forcing landlords out of the private rental sector by...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental reform may be bogged down after elections, warns supplier](/upload/images/Logos/aiic-logo400x310.png)
Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![“What’s taking so long?” - Agents amazed at latest reform delay](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/360x280_Return_on_Time.png)
Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent regulation needed on top of rental sector reforms - Propertymark](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-MagnifyingGlass-1-400x310.jpg)
Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Redress expert to tell agents latest news on rental reform](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform aimed mostly at north of England, government admits](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...
12 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
![Agents mocked in provocative Shelter video](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Vote 2022 - today's elections could change course of rental reform](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Conservative-logo400x310.png)
A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents must be more transparent to staff and customers - call](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
A prominent industry supplier says lettings agents must be increasingly transparent on the services they provide - not just to landlords...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![It’s here - Lifetime Deposit concept launched ahead of government reform](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTechImage-400x310.jpg)
PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...
19 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
![This is why landlords should use letting agents - Propertymark guides](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants like their rental homes - big majority of renters are happy](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/MillennialOnPhone-400x310.jpg)
A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![More industry regulation needed - but not if it alienates agents](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-400x310.png)
A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![What future for rental reform under new housing minister?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
Housing ministers come and go with brutal frequency in UK governments of all colours, so yesterday’s departure of Chris Pincher -...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Further Rental Reform White Paper scheduled for the spring](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Alert - radical rental reforms shift power to tenants](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory register and redress for landlords to be revealed this week](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/landlord-licencing400x310.png)
A radical shake up of the private rental sector is expected to be announced tomorrow by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The main...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Radical rental reform measures to become law in July](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
A controversial reform programme for the private rental sector in Wales is to go ahead from July 15 this year -...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents hit out at call for rent controls and anti-eviction measures](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Reform tax, Beef up rogues database - Agents demand radical rental reforms](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![No more red tape! - Agents warn government to get reform right](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: rental reform – how can tech help tenants?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...