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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The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...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Research by a lettings sector trade body has revealed precisely how outdated some regulations are.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...