Archive

Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...

A Labour council in London is seeking much greater control over the creation of so-called ‘small HMOs’. Lambeth council wants anyone creating a...

Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...

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

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

Propertymark has responded to two consultations on the proposals to introduce electrical safety standards and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...

Propertymark is urging agents to give it their views on two consultations on health and safety issues coming out of Northern...

London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the idea of a compulsory national register of landlords and hosts operating Airbnb and other...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

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

Propertymark is querying why there’s no help for the private rental sector to meet energy efficiency targets expressed in a new...

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...

Walsall council is proposing additional licensing to improve conditions and management of HMOs in five wards where there are high numbers...

It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...

UK software company Lavanda is working with a Middle East developer to export the concept of Airbnb-style short lets to the...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

Greenwich council in London has resuscitated a proposal to extend its existing selective licensing regime, put on ice during the Coronavirus...

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

Lettings agents are being invited to tell a big city council how to improve its private rental sector strategy.  Manchester local authority...

An independent review into selective licensing in the private rental sector makes a series of recommendations to tighten processes, with the...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

The government’s plan to scrap Section 21 is personally backed by the Prime Minister and will begin formal consultations today. If the...

Leicester is the latest council to begin consultations on selective licensing in six parts of the city - with the threat...

Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...

The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...

Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...

The National Landlords Association has unveiled a new tool which could help agents and landlords keep across the ever-rising number of...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

A trade body says there are 15 formal government consultations going on within the private rental sector - and now it’s...

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

A letting agency is urging landlords to respond to the consultations for three selective licensing schemes in its local area. homes4u, which...

Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...

Now Northern Ireland appears to be in the frame for substantial changes to the private rental sector according to the Association...

An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...

HM Revenue and Customs has published the responses it has received to its 12 week consultation on changing the Wear and...

A so-called 'ethical lettings charter' established by a group that has campaigned against some letting agencies, is set to be adopted...

A group of renters who have formed the Acorn group in Bristol - which has already held protests against letting agents...