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Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...

Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...

The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property.  By contrast, eviction was...

A council claims it’s reached an important stage in the process of deciding whether to implement the Article 4 Direction power...

A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour.   In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...

A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

A law professor has dismissed a Labour call for agents to have qualifications as “eye poppingly silly” and “snobby.” Labour’s shadow housing...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

The shareholders of OnTheMarket have reached their decision on the portal's controversial takeover by CoStar.  A statement released this afternoon says: "The...

The Generation Rent activist group has come out against an amendment to the Renters Reform Bill which reversed the threat of...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...

A prominent industry supplier is urging agents and landlords to lobby MPs to suggest improvements to the Renters Reform Bill.  PayProp UK...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

Propertymark says it’s spotted what may be the first sign of a U-turn on one aspect of the controversial Renters Reform...

Propertymark says it’s going to send a briefing on behalf of letting agents to every MP and member of the House...

A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...

New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...

New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes.  A statement from the Senedd...

The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...

Propertymark says current government policy over leaseholder protections is too weak. The letting agents’ trade body has thrown its weight behind a...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

A respected agent is warning that a proposal to increase stamp duty on additional homes could kill off the rental market...

The government has made a general commitment to work with those who want council tax reforms for Homes in Multiple Occupation. Earlier...

A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...

With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...

A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...

Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...

Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has accused governments across the UK of using Covid 19 rule changes to slip in...

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms.  Earlier this week the government...

The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

Propertymark - embracing the Association of Residential Letting Agents as well as sales agents, auctioneers and valuers - says it’s been...

A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...

A senior buying agent is warning that new regulations over the length of notice given to tenants is having an unexpected...

The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

The country’s largest provider of inventory services has launched its new processes, overhauled to cope with social distancing and the remaining...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...

The scrapping of Section 21, as proposed by the government, shows that Whiteall has “a Dickensian view” of the buy to...

Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...

The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...

The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...

It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...

MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...

The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...

Letting agents - and anyone with ‘relevant expertise and experience or a special interest’ - have been invited to provide their...

A bid to allow good tenants’ rent records count towards their creditworthiness has taken a step forward thanks to Big Issue...

A trade body is calling on the government to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when an Article 4...

The How To Rent guide - the document which has to be given to new tenants by letting agents or landlords...

The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...

It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

A series of free legal events for letting agents and landlords is to launch this month with an advisory session on...

The head of an online letting agency specialising in student accommodation says the controversial Right To Rent legislation may have to...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...

A group of rural landlords has called on the government to clarify Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) legislation being introduced next...

At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...

The controversial Renters’ Rights Bill, which wants to sharply reduce the ability of letting agents to levy charges on tenants and...