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26 May 2020
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Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...
14 May 2020
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Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...
24 April 2020
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It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...
11 November 2019
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The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...
25 April 2019
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Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...
24 April 2019
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A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...
17 April 2019
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The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...
21 March 2019
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There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...
04 December 2018
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The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...
09 October 2018
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The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...
04 September 2018
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A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in...
19 July 2018
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A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...
15 May 2018
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MPs want a review of laws surrounding private rental standards, including councils having the right to confiscate buy to let properties...
19 April 2018
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Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...
19 April 2018
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A consumer group says that the Tenants Fees Bill - which will eventually ban letting agents’ fees levied on renters -...
04 April 2018
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A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...
29 March 2018
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The government has pledged to begin a review of the selective licensing across the private rental sector once MPs return from...
05 March 2018
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The sittings of the select committee looking into government proposals to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants resume this week...
19 February 2018
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An online petition urging MPs to make it compulsory for privately let properties to be subject to independent inventory reporting is...
09 February 2018
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The Residential Landlords’ Association has released details of the evidence it put to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee which...
01 February 2018
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The select committee monitoring the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government will continue its deliberations today on the government’s ban...
29 January 2018
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The government has explained why the ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants will not be implemented until spring 2019 -...
11 January 2018
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A lettings agency has written to MPs setting out an eloquent case for a cap on agents’ fees levied on tenants...
10 January 2018
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The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says it is to begin “pre-legislative scrutiny” of proposals to ban tenant fees imposed...
20 November 2017
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Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...
02 November 2017
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Agents have until November 24 - two days after the next Budget - to submit evidence to the latest probe into...
16 October 2017
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The powerful and all-party Communities & Local Government Select Committee of MPs has launched a new enquiry into improving the quality...
13 October 2017
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The Residential Landlords’ Association has written to an immigration minister to express its concern over possible ‘further sanctions’ for landlords who...
30 March 2017
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An MP has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, raising concerns over the effect short-term lets regulations are having...
22 September 2016
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Tenants who are advised by local councils and advice agencies to ignore eviction notices could cost the average landlord almost £7,000. The...
15 September 2016
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An industry body has backed a Conservative MP's anti-homelessness Bill, which has been published by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee. The...
30 August 2016
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The Residential Landlords Association is asking the Welsh Assembly to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on buy...
20 July 2016
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There has been another high-level prediction that mortgage lending for buy to let investors is likely to be restricted further in the...
18 July 2016
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A group of MPs is raising concerns about a claim that 40 per cent of homes sold through the Right To...
12 February 2016
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney has again spoken out about possible “threats” to the economy posed by the increase in...