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The Housing Secretary in the Welsh Government, Julie James, was one of several ministers to quit in yesterday's dramatic day of...

The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...

Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...

A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched.   Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...

Welsh nationalists have called for a rent freeze and eviction ban to emulate that happening now in Scotland. Plaid Cymru, the party...

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

A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...

Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...

A new £10m scheme to help renters with Covid-related arrears has been launched in Wales.  Called the Tenancy Hardship Grant, and introduced...

A new £10m grant will be introduced in part of the UK to help private rented tenants struggling to pay rent...

ARLA Propertymark says its disappointed over the latest extension to an eviction ban and the requirement for six months notice to tenants. The latest...

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

While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...

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

Lobbying government can work, at least in some circumstances, as the Association of Residential Lettings Agents has seen in Wales.  Letting agents...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

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

The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...