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The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...
22 June 2020
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It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...
17 June 2020
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One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...
10 June 2020
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Rent to the value of £10,982.25 is to be returned to tenants by a landlord who was operating without a licence. Mrs...
05 June 2020
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Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...
21 May 2020
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Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...
23 October 2019
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Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...
26 September 2019
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Another Martin & Co franchisee has acquired a nearby independent agency. The franchise firm’s Falmouth branch, run since 2013 by Felicia and...
22 July 2019
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We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...
11 June 2019
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The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...
04 February 2019
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A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...
29 October 2018
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The independent lettings agency Chilli Residential has been snapped up by a local branch of franchise giant Martin & Co. The Aldershot...
25 October 2018
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An independent agency in Gloucestershire is returning to the lettings business to complement its existing sales and land arms. Perry Bishop and...
30 August 2018
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Agents and landlords are being advised to check the status of their HMO licenses in the London Borough of Harrow following...
13 August 2018
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The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...
01 August 2018
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The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there is now a record number of mortgage deals for those entering the buy...
04 July 2018
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The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...
19 June 2018
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The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...
07 June 2018
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The number of buy to let mortgage products on the open market has passed the 2,000 mark for the first time. This...
02 May 2018
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The controversial Right To Rent policy has been attacked as having failed “to demonstrate its worth” in encouraging immigration compliance. Under Right...
29 March 2018
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A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...
15 March 2018
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The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says some buy to let mortgage rates have gone back to record lows. The monitor says...
06 March 2018
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...
02 January 2018
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The National Landlords Association has appointed a new chairman - he’s Adrian Jeakings who comes to the position with many years of...
18 December 2017
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The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...
25 October 2017
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ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...
22 August 2017
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The independent production company making the life-swap series The Week The Landlord Moved In series, now showing on BBC1, is having...
18 July 2017
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A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...
23 February 2017
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Airbnb’s decision to enforce the London-specific legislation which limits hosts to letting their properties for no more than 90 nights a...
05 January 2017
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Data from the Ministry of Justice suggests the number of claims made by private sector landlords to repossess a property has...
11 November 2016
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The new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, says he is behind the concept of longer tenancies for renters in the private sector. In...
09 August 2016
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad from high-end letting agency Hamptons International because of an apparent lack of clarity...
04 May 2016
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A trade body has hit out at “clear inconsistencies” in an online news report claiming that renting an ‘average London flat’...
03 May 2016
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More criticism of Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of buy to let reforms has appeared in the mainstream media, with much emphasis...
01 April 2016
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A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...
22 February 2016
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The housing ladder is disappearing for most young working households on modest incomes who are obliged to rent for the indefinite...
17 February 2016
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The vocal campaign group Generation Rent is making the jaw-dropping claim that one in four private tenants has been evicted “for...
28 January 2016
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A financial analyst says current buy to let mortgage constraints - with a strong possibility of more later this year - may...
18 January 2016
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It’s been a bad weekend for the image of the private rental sector with a series of reports and press stories...
19 October 2015
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The specialist buy to let mortgage sector is set to be an unexpected victim of the buy to let tax changes...
16 July 2015
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The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies has described the justification given by Chancellor George Osborne for curbing tax breaks for buy to...