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Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...
01 June 2022
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Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
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Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...
22 April 2022
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Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...
11 April 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...
08 March 2022
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Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...
17 February 2022
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Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...
18 January 2022
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A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...
14 January 2022
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A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...
08 October 2021
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Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...
29 September 2021
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A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...
27 September 2021
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Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...
24 September 2021
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The Welsh Government has revealed that it hasn’t had time to evaluate its tenant fee ban due to the pandemic. Tenant fees...
21 September 2021
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A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...
01 September 2021
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A new £10m scheme to help renters with Covid-related arrears has been launched in Wales. Called the Tenancy Hardship Grant, and introduced...
21 July 2021
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There was much publicity this week for the efforts of the Welsh Government to deter the letting of second homes. Now it...
09 July 2021
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Wales’ Labour-led administration is to announce a three-pronged approach to affordability issues - and it looks likely to involve a clampdown...
06 July 2021
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ARLA Propertymark is backing a controversial scheme allocating £10m of taxpayers’ money to assist tenants with Covid-related arrears. The Tenancy Hardship Grant...
02 July 2021
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A new £10m grant will be introduced in part of the UK to help private rented tenants struggling to pay rent...
30 June 2021
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ARLA Propertymark says its disappointed over the latest extension to an eviction ban and the requirement for six months notice to tenants. The latest...
19 March 2021
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A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...
25 February 2021
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While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...
11 January 2021
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A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...
30 December 2020
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Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...
24 November 2020
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ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...
21 October 2020
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The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...
20 October 2020
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The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...
20 October 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has welcomed the creation of a financial lifeline for tenants in Wales in arrears because of Coronavirus. The association has...
08 October 2020
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The ARLA Propertymark president for the year ahead is a long-standing board member with significant experience in regulation. Angela Davey succeeds Phil...
03 September 2020
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Letting agents and landlords in Wales can now direct struggling tenants to a new independent advice service. The Private Rented Sector Helpline...
03 September 2020
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A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...
18 August 2020
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The campaigning pressure group Generation Rent has returned to the battle to win an extension to the current evictions ban in...
17 August 2020
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The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...
12 August 2020
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A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...
07 August 2020
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The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...
24 July 2020
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While England’s housing market is almost fully operational, within social distancing guidelines, there are still some restrictions in Wales. Now the Welsh...
09 July 2020
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The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...
18 June 2020
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Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...
13 February 2020
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The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...
14 January 2020
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Lobbying government can work, at least in some circumstances, as the Association of Residential Lettings Agents has seen in Wales. Letting agents...
11 December 2019
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The Welsh Government says it’s going to issue clarifications to some issues before the end of this year; if agreed by...
13 November 2019
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The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act - which bans fees levied by agents and landlords on tenants - comes into...
30 August 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...
27 August 2019
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A Cardiff lettings agent claims to have become the first in Wales to stop charging fees to new and existing tenants. CPS...
07 August 2019
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Legal & General has exchanged contracts to complete the largest privately funded development in Wales, Cardiff Central Square, which will include...
31 July 2019
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The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...
15 July 2019
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The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...
09 July 2019
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The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...
03 December 2018
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Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...
23 November 2018
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The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...
14 June 2018
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A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...
13 June 2018
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The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...
16 March 2018
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The Welsh Government’s housing minister has tweeted that the results of a formal consultation process on a ban on agents’ fees...
01 March 2018
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The Welsh Government has confirmed that the country will ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - the same ban still...
06 December 2017
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A Welsh local authority is offering a cash payment of up to £1,200 to landlords who join a quasi-letting agency run...
14 November 2017
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The Secretary of State for Wales has called on the Welsh Government to take measures against what he calls “unjust fees...
19 October 2017
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The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...
18 October 2017
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Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...
27 September 2017
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Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...
13 September 2017
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The Welsh Government’s communities and children secretary, Carl Sargeant, is calling on tenants to have their say on proposals to ban...
22 August 2017
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The Welsh Government is now kicking off a similar consultation process to that conducted by the Department for Communities and Local...
21 July 2017
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The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...
04 July 2017
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ARLA Propertymark and the Residential Landlords Association have written to the Welsh Government seeking a meeting to discuss a possible ban...
20 March 2017
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Letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - already banned in Scotland and now likely to be banned in England according to...
09 January 2017
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The controversial Welsh private lettings sector scheme called Rent Smart Wales had around 65 per cent of agents and landlords register...
28 November 2016
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Only just over two weeks remain for letting agents and landlords operating in Wales to register with the Rent Smart Wales...
08 November 2016
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The Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...
19 October 2016
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New licence fees for letting and managing agents have been announced by Rent Smart Wales, the Welsh Government’s registration and licensing scheme which...
23 March 2016
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Rent Smart Wales has approved the three NFOPP awarding body qualifications in lettings, which allow agents to become approved Rent Smart...
20 January 2016
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Vulnerable tenants will find it harder to access housing following the passing of the Welsh government’s Renting Homes Bill, according to...
07 December 2015
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A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...
24 November 2015
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Rent Smart Wales, the new registration and licensing system in Wales, launches on Monday - and it represents a major change...
20 November 2015
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The new registration and licensing requirements under Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 will be launched on November 23,...
26 October 2015
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A Bill now making its way through the Welsh Assembly may “radically alter the way tenancy contracts are written” - but...
22 October 2015
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Letting agents in two areas of Cardiff with large proportions of privately rented property will have to apply for consent to...