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

ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...

A senior Labour politician in the capital claims that there’s been “a stark rise” in people losing their homes since the...

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

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

Labour has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding the return of the eviction ban - even though, to all intents...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

A prominent PropTech figure says agents have a key role in reducing evictions in the short term - and he suggests...

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

The Citizens Advice charity is calling for tenants with arrears directly created by the Coronavirus to be offered government grants to...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...

A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

The Ministry of Justice says it takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from making a repossession claim to the...

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

Over 6,000 people have responded to the Residential Landlord Association’s survey asking what a post-Section 21 private rented sector should look...

Housing minister Heather Wheeler has pledged that the government will make changes to the court repossession process alongside its plans to...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...

One of the most vocal critics of lettings agents in recent years appears to be moving away from the property industry. Campbell...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

A leading PropTech exponent is supporting the government’s Housing Court initiative, suggesting it could make redress for agents, landlords and tenants...

Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has written an angry letter of protest to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation following the publication of what...

Data from the Ministry of Justice suggest that incidents of landlord possessions have fallen at all stages, for the eighth quarter...

Data from the Ministry of Justice suggests the number of claims made by private sector landlords to repossess a property has...

Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...

A Scottish agent has warned that government proposals to restrict landlord repossessions could negatively impact accommodation costs at the Edinburgh Festival. David...