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Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent. NTSELAT has...
17 May 2024
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Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...
15 November 2023
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New figures released this morning from The Property Ombudsman show that the overwhelming number of disputes in the past year involved...
03 August 2023
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A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...
24 May 2023
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A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...
20 April 2023
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Citizens Advice is the latest charity to argue for improved housing standards in the private rental sector. It claims that its research...
22 February 2023
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Three councils will be sharing £1.21m in public cash over the next two years to tackle poor quality properties in the...
06 December 2022
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Propertymark says letting agents should have clear policies and priorities to help ensure properties are kept to the highest standards possible. The...
23 November 2022
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The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...
10 November 2022
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Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...
21 September 2022
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A leading lettings agency has warned the government not to forget the importance of small-scale landlords in its plans for the...
07 September 2022
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David Votta from the Kent-based Votta Sales and Lettings has been revealed as the new ARLA Propertymark President. He has been in...
21 June 2022
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Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...
29 April 2022
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Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...
21 February 2022
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The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend. Westminster council’s scheme will focus...
31 August 2021
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One of the largest new additional licensing schemes for HMOs anywhere in the country is set to come into force in...
17 August 2021
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A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...
01 June 2021
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One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...
01 April 2021
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Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...
19 March 2021
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Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs. As is often the case with such schemes, the...
14 December 2020
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London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...
20 November 2020
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A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...
06 November 2020
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A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...
18 March 2020
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Liverpool’s Labour mayor says he is confident that the city will, after all, be able to renew its city-wide licensing scheme. Housing...
03 February 2020
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has backed a five year extension for a massive London council landlord licensing...
28 January 2020
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The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...
15 January 2020
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The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...
25 September 2019
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A landlord who failed to provide information regarding a buy to let property has been fined £2,080. Tenants contacted Colchester council in...
18 September 2019
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A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
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Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...
05 September 2019
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Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...
12 March 2019
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New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...
28 February 2019
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Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...
12 February 2019
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A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...
31 December 2018
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A council says it has been preparing prosecution and penalty notices “for hundreds of private landlords that have failed to apply...
01 November 2018
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Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector. Between...
26 October 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...
22 January 2018
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Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...
19 January 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...
17 January 2018
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The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...
16 January 2018
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The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...
15 January 2018
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In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...
14 January 2018
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A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...
14 December 2017
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The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...
31 October 2017
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The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...