Paul Shamplina, the man behind Landlord Action and a Channel 5 show on handling rental crises, is warning that county courts...
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A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...
22 September 2020
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...
14 July 2020
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The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...
02 June 2020
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A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...
01 June 2020
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The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...
22 May 2020
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An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...
21 May 2020
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The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...
13 May 2020
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Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...
01 May 2020
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The boss of a company that manages thousands of properties across the UK claims some tenants should be able to ask...
29 April 2020
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One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...
22 April 2020
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Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...
20 April 2020
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Landlords have been sharply criticised by a broker for allegedly trying to cash in on the Coronavirus crisis by demanding mortgage...
16 April 2020
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A lettings agency is asking tenants who cannot afford to pay rent during the Coronavirus crisis to sign a ‘moral contract’ that...
14 April 2020
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The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...
14 April 2020
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Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...
09 April 2020
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A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...
06 April 2020
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Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...
02 April 2020
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A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...
27 March 2020
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The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...