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Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

Propertymark says it hopes that a Welsh Government White Paper proposing that nine devolved housing tribunals are consolidated into a single...

A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...

A legal advice service for landlords and their agents says it’s identified several areas with particularly lengthy delays in finding court...

Propertymark is pressing Housing Secretary Michael Gove to adopt a housing court system to solve the problem of abandoned tenancies. The agents...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...

There may be a breakthrough in clearing the huge backlog of possession cases as the government is allocating an extra £324m...

Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...

A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...

In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...

There’s an hour-long webinar this morning, aimed at giving property professionals the latest information on arrears, possession cases and evictions.  It’s at...

Government data suggests that scare stories talking of a glut of evictions if the current ban is lifted are simply unfounded. Data...

There’s been a further tweak to the eviction controls introduced in England for the duration of the lockdown, lasting until December...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...

The government has made a last minute U-turn on the eviction ban - extending it for four weeks until September 20. Housing...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

ARLA Propertymark has expressed its pleasure that the eviction ban, already extended by two months, will now expire at the end...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

The extension to the evictions ban will compound the suffering of victims of domestic violence and anti-social behaviour. That’s the view of...

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

Tenants who are advised by local councils and advice agencies to ignore eviction notices could cost the average landlord almost £7,000. The...

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...