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Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

Older private renters must have their voices heard In support of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the view of Joanna Elson, chief...

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...

The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...

The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...

A prominent lettings agent has called for a wider reform of eviction rules. This follows a demand by a group of...

A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...

The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

Two animal charities - Cats Protection and Dogs Trust - have started recruiting MPs to their campaign in favour of pets...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

Propertymark says it’s going to send a briefing on behalf of letting agents to every MP and member of the House...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...

A Conservative MP’s bid to ensure pets are allowed in private rental accommodation reaches its next stage in the New Year. Andrew Rosindell,...

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...

It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...

The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...

Letting agents - and anyone with ‘relevant expertise and experience or a special interest’ - have been invited to provide their...

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...

The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...

Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...

The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...

The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...

The Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck, which could give tenants the right to sue landlords if...

The Renters’ Rights Bill - which includes provisions scrapping agents’ fees for tenants, mandatory registration of landlords and limiting the size of...

A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...

An industry group has analysed changes made to the Homelessness Bill and has concluded that far from being something it could...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...

The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...

Government proposals forcing agents and landlords to check the immigration status of tenants risk a serious breach of human rights according...