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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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

Speculation that the government was attempting to ‘slip in’ yet more changes to the way landlords are being taxed have been...

There is growing concern across the industry at the fear - which we reported yesterday - that the government may be...

The government is planning to update its Right To Rent guidance following the roll out of the scheme across the country,...

The government has confirmed that its new Section 21 regulations will come into effect on October 1 despite a high-profile hitch...