- Written by: Graham Norwood
Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the inadequacy of Local Housing Allowance rates. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
An estimated 700,000 households across the UK missed rent or mortgage payments in April, according to the consumer body Which? ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament this week. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A lettings guru is calling on agents to embrace social media trends in order to reach new audiences. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A PropTech supplier is claiming that a new link with a Facebook expert will help supercharge the social media experience of letting agents. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players in the BTR industry ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A major lettings sector supplier says the industry must do more to appeal to win employees from the TikTok generation. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The boss of an online lettings agency is warning the government against undue delay and greater uncertainty in the rental reform process. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A PropTech supplier is warning lettings agents that they risk being outpaced by competitors if they neglect social media. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled tomorrow. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which has started with other initiatives such as the upcoming Rental Reform Bill. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by Shelter just before the Bank Holiday weekend. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding you back?’ which is now listed on Amazon. ...
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