- Written by: Graham Norwood
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has set out its demands should the governmental go ahead with proposals for lifetime deposits. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The new government must prioritise the implementation of proposals to ensure letting agents and others in the industry are appropriately qualified. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise supply. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous Conservative government - will be one of four key measures to be announced in Thursday’s Queen’s Speech. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many UK cities - are buoyed by the landslide Conservative victory in the General Election. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government must be to bring down rent. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A prominent industry trade group says the new government must honour its manifesto commitment to strengthen the right of “good landlords” to repossess properties where they have good cause to do so. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in supply over the last year. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is reporting a very different picture for the rental sector. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s General Election. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading property consultancy. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual ‘Property MoT’. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in the UK.” ...
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