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An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

An agency has snapped up its second independent in 12 months. James Douglas Sales and Lettings has acquired Leek and Weston in...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...

A new survey is a warning the government that it must stop forcing landlords out of the private rental sector by...

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...

Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...

Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...

Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

A prominent industry supplier says lettings agents must be increasingly transparent on the services they provide - not just to landlords...

PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...

Housing ministers come and go with brutal frequency in UK governments of all colours, so yesterday’s departure of Chris Pincher -...

It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

A radical shake up of the private rental sector is expected to be announced tomorrow by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The main...

A controversial reform programme for the private rental sector in Wales is to go ahead from July 15 this year -...

Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...

A new government survey of private renters is checking whether they received the correct documentation from their agent when they begin...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that...

A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new...

There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...

Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...

There was much publicity this week for the efforts of the Welsh Government to deter the letting of second homes. Now it...

Research by a lettings sector trade body has revealed precisely how outdated some regulations are.  According to the latest analysis, by the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...

The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

A prominent industry trade group says the new government must honour its manifesto commitment to strengthen the right of “good landlords”...

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...

Crooked letting agents and landlords have so far this year been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash – and there’s...

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...