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New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

A combination of regular inspections and pro-active installation of ventilation can help to reduce the risk of dangerous damp and mould...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

A new lettings regime that is described as the biggest change in many decades comes into effect tomorrow in Wales, with...

Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...

Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

Lettings agents, property managers and landlords should all be aware of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The Act...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...

Two rogue landlords have been convicted of failing to comply with a Prohibition Order on the rental property they owned. Sandeep Jarjapu...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...

The UK’s largest provider of inventory services says the creation of an MOT certificate system for properties in the rental sector...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill has achieved Royal Assent, meaning that it will soon become an act of Parliament. Put...

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...

Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...

MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

A date has been set for the next stage of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, which is being promoted...

Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...

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

The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...

In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...

The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...

New research by Channel 4 reveals that 123 MPs - just over one fifth of the total - let out at...

The Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck, which could give tenants the right to sue landlords if...

Labour MP Karen Buck is to reintroduce her Private Members Bill into Parliament today - and if it is passed, she...

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

The Labour Party has published its full manifesto for the upcoming General Election on June 8.  Titled 'For the many not the...

Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...

Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...

The row over Tory MPs who voted against a bid to ensure all homes let to private tenants were “fit for...

It’s been a bad weekend for the image of the private rental sector with a series of reports and press stories...

Labour MP Karen Buck want private tenants to be able to sue their landlords if they rent in what are considered...