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17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill “still misses the mark” says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_1902168286.jpg)
Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform Bill wins a big thumbs-up from agents’ body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Courts the best way to counter threat of S21 removal - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_509586655.jpg)
Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s backdoor bid to regulate lettings and estate agents at last](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulate Agents in 2024 - Propertymark explains why it’s needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - webinar to update agents on latest changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill part of ‘brighter future for UK’ claims Sunak](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents want tax reforms on top of pledge to avoid rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech boss makes 22 amendments to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Upfront%20information%20is%20here%20and%20now%20-%20digital%20conveyancing%20is%20next!%20by%20Beth%20Rudolf.png)
A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Older tenants need Renters Reform Bill insists pressure group](/upload/images/shutterstock_1940487949(1).jpg)
Older private renters must have their voices heard In support of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the view of Joanna Elson, chief...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill passes Second Reading without a vote](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![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
![Solicitor will answer agents’ questions on Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ role must be enhanced by Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_431846332(2).jpg)
The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 U-turn - more details given by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - government concession on Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill will slash homelessness, claims charity](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - government announces next steps](/upload/images/shutterstock_622830233.jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prominent agent demands wider reform of eviction rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent has called for a wider reform of eviction rules. This follows a demand by a group of...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - why no details of court reform?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory MPs blamed for delaying Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_564346558.jpg)
The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![MPs back to work but Renters Reform Bill clarity still awaited](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Threat of pets in lets shows need for inventories - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/CoupleWithDog-400x310.png)
The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents told to lobby MPs over Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Animal campaigners recruit MPs to argue for renters' rights](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
Two animal charities - Cats Protection and Dogs Trust - have started recruiting MPs to their campaign in favour of pets...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent in ‘stay calm’ plea to landlords with Bill worries](/upload/images/shutterstock_1117116341.jpg)
Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![MPs to receive letting agents’ briefing on Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it’s going to send a briefing on behalf of letting agents to every MP and member of the House...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents advised to check for damage as ‘pro-pet’ momentum builds](/img/default/lat.png)
An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pets in Rental Properties: Date set for MPs to debate issue](/img/default/lat.png)
January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![January date for MP’s bid to allow pets in rental accommodation](/img/default/lat.png)
A Conservative MP’s bid to ensure pets are allowed in private rental accommodation reaches its next stage in the New Year. Andrew Rosindell,...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![No timetable for controversial Renters’ Reform Bill](/img/default/lat.png)
No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Bill giving tenants right to sue is set to take a step forward today](/img/default/lat.png)
Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Late November date for MPs to debate tenants' Creditworthiness Bill](/img/default/lat.png)
The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another step nearer to rent contributing to tenants' credit scores](/img/default/lat.png)
More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fees ban moves a step closer - Bill returns to Parliament this week](/img/default/lat.png)
The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenants' Fees Bill: date set for next Parliamentary stage](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenants' Fees Bill - date set for next stage on path to becoming law](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents invited to provide last-minute views on the Tenant Fees Bill](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents - and anyone with ‘relevant expertise and experience or a special interest’ - have been invited to provide their...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fees ban update: MPs to debate Tenant Fees Bill today](/img/default/lat.png)
MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents join growing army of supporters for tenants' right to sue](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Major agency says pro-tenant legislation must go much further](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Industry support for Human Habitation Bill continues to pile in](/img/default/lat.png)
There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![ARLA backs Bill allowing tenants to sue landlords over property conditions](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government-backed Bill allowing tenants to sue will be debated on Friday](/img/default/lat.png)
The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm joins call for rent payments to count in credit scores](/img/default/lat.png)
Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory adding of rent payments to credit scores is now a step closer](/img/default/lat.png)
The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Lawyers and MP draft Bill to give more repair powers to tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Tory backs Labour MP's Bill to improve rental property standards](/img/default/lat.png)
The Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck, which could give tenants the right to sue landlords if...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bill seeking a ban on agents' fees to be debated again next week](/img/default/lat.png)
The Renters’ Rights Bill - which includes provisions scrapping agents’ fees for tenants, mandatory registration of landlords and limiting the size of...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![All-party support for MP's Bill - despite its danger to lettings sector](/img/default/lat.png)
A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Bad news for lettings sector in amended Homelessness Bill](/img/default/lat.png)
An industry group has analysed changes made to the Homelessness Bill and has concluded that far from being something it could...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Inventory clerks want rethink on proposed letting agencies' fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![MPs vote for Right To Rent despite no results from pilot project](/img/default/lat.png)
The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...