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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...

Lobbying government can work, at least in some circumstances, as the Association of Residential Lettings Agents has seen in Wales.  Letting agents...

The Welsh Government says it’s going to issue clarifications to some issues before the end of this year; if agreed by...

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act - which bans fees levied by agents and landlords on tenants - comes into...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...

A Cardiff lettings agent claims to have become the first in Wales to stop charging fees to new and existing tenants. CPS...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to complete the largest privately funded development in Wales, Cardiff Central Square, which will include...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

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

The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...

The Welsh Government’s housing minister has tweeted that the results of a formal consultation process on a ban on agents’ fees...

The Welsh Government has confirmed that the country will ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - the same ban still...

A Welsh local authority is offering a cash payment of up to £1,200 to landlords who join a quasi-letting agency run...

The Secretary of State for Wales has called on the Welsh Government to take measures against what he calls “unjust fees...

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...

Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...

Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...

The Welsh Government’s communities and children secretary, Carl Sargeant, is calling on tenants to have their say on proposals to ban...

The Welsh Government is now kicking off a similar consultation process to that conducted by the Department for Communities and Local...

The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...

ARLA Propertymark and the Residential Landlords Association have written to the Welsh Government seeking a meeting to discuss a possible ban...

Letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - already banned in Scotland and now likely to be banned in England according to...

The controversial Welsh private lettings sector scheme called Rent Smart Wales had around 65 per cent of agents and landlords register...

Only just over two weeks remain for letting agents and landlords operating in Wales to register with the Rent Smart Wales...

The Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...

New licence fees for letting and managing agents have been announced by Rent Smart Wales, the Welsh Government’s registration and licensing scheme which...

Rent Smart Wales has approved the three NFOPP awarding body qualifications in lettings, which allow agents to become approved Rent Smart...

Vulnerable tenants will find it harder to access housing following the passing of the Welsh government’s Renting Homes Bill, according to...

A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...

Rent Smart Wales, the new registration and licensing system in Wales, launches on Monday - and it represents a major change...

The new registration and licensing requirements under Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 will be launched on November 23,...

A Bill now making its way through the Welsh Assembly may “radically alter the way tenancy contracts are written” - but...

Letting agents in two areas of Cardiff with large proportions of privately rented property will have to apply for consent to...

It now appears that new legislation covering the private rental sector in Wales will involve mandatory training for letting agents as...