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The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...

A call has gone out from an industry group for letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions between statutory...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

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

A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...

A prominent industry supplier is urging agents and landlords to lobby MPs to suggest improvements to the Renters Reform Bill.  PayProp UK...

Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...

Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties.  The...

Lettings chain Fine & Country says rents are likely to steadily rise through the summer. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine &...

A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...

Agents are being urged to sign a new petition has been launched on the UK Parliament website to reverse the move...

A webinar says the Renters Reform Bill is the biggest challenge facing lettings agents - and it’s prompted calls to a...

A new How To Rent guide is to be issued on Friday, according to a government communication with the National Residential...

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

A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...

A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...

HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...

There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

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

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...

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

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

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

The PropTech firm CreditLadder is working with the Nationwide Building Society on a pioneering scheme to try to help tenants buy...

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...

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...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday.  This will require all Assured Shorthold...

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...

Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...

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

Anti-deposits campaigning agent Ajay Jagota says the 2004 Housing Act - which actually came into effect in 2007 - may now...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

There has been relief within the industry following an Appeal Court judgement that landlords are not responsible for paying the council...

The newly-elected mayor of Bristol and the city’s council have endorsed a so-called ethical lettings charter created by a group known...

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

Eviction specialists at Landlord Action are raising concerns as to whether there are sufficient resources, especially at local council level, to...

Letting agents and landlords can use AIIC independent inventory clerks to conduct the checks on smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms...

A landlord body says it has had confirmation from the government that there is an error in the published version of...

A major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the private rented sector risks undermining confidence in the new Section 21 legislation...

An inventory software firm claims periodic visits by agents or landlords could lead to a reduction in damage to rental properties. The...

The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  Under the...

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  Under the...

The Deposit Protection Service is reminding letting agents and landlords that they have to act with extreme urgency over older tenancy...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government’s controversial Deregulation Act, which is now in force, is creating critical new...

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...

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

The Deposit Protection Service says agents and landlords must act soon over older tenancy deposits now that new legislation has introduced...