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From this month, private tenants in Northern Ireland will have sufficient smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms installed in their homes for...

One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...

The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness.  Shelter has...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...

Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...

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

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

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

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

Propertymark is supporting a new Anti Social Behaviour Awareness campaign, calling for greater clarity from government on how agents and landlords...

Propertymark has set out the case for an increase in benefits for private tenants. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's Head of Policy and Campaigns...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

A PropTech supplier to letting agents claims that tenants are more likely to have Netflix than contents insurance.  A survey of 1,013...

A charity is claiming that new powers to evict anti-social private tenants could lead to more homelessness, while those already living...

Citizens Advice is the latest charity to argue for improved housing standards in the private rental sector. It claims that its research...

One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...

Demographic data from the latest Census suggests that the Private Rental Sector now provides homes for 20.3 per cent of the...

Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

A survey promoted by campaigners for smart meters claims most renters don’t believe their properties to be as energy efficient as...

The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

One of the biggest names in the deposit alternative sector says the rental market is “stacked against” private tenants. Gary Wright, chief...

A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...

MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local...

Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...

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

The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...

More than one in eight private renters may miss out on support to cope with rising energy costs, Citizens Advice claims.  The...

A PropTech firm is warning that well over two million private rental sector households could be in fuel poverty by the...

Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...

Agents and landlords are being warned by a government minister not to charge all-inclusive HMO tenants more than necessary in a...

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...

It’s suggested that almost a third of pet-owning tenants have been hiding their animals from agents or landlords for more than...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

Build to rent providers are taking the lead against private rental sector homes by advertising developments as pet-friendly.  Research by furnishings provider...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

Labour shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell has resuscitated the eviction ban, this time for furloughed workers whose government support ends in...

A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a controversial scheme allocating £10m of taxpayers’ money to assist tenants with Covid-related arrears. The Tenancy Hardship Grant...

ARLA Propertymark says a new government online checker to help private tenants establish what repairs they may be entitled to should...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

Propertymark has waded into the controversy over whether private rental tenants should be allowed to keep pets in their properties. As reported...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

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

The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...

A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...

There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...

A PropTech supplier says that financial worries for renters have not been placated by the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  In a...

One of the housing ministers with responsibility for the introduction of the controversial Renters Reform Bill in the near future has...

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...

Generation Rent’s campaign for more public funds for private tenants continues unabated with a call on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase...

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...

London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

A large-scale survey of private tenants has attempted to uncover what renters feel about the sector and their individual properties in...

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...

Campaign group Generation Rent says thousands of tenants in areas of the country under Tier 3 Coronavirus restrictions are in danger...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

A local authority is urging letting agents within its boundary to get in touch before serving eviction notices on private tenants. Gedling council...

A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...

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

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

A survey claims 25 per cent of tenants are already at least a month behind in their rent. Of those private tenants...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...

A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...

A Labour Baroness, Alicia Kennedy, has been named as the new director of the fiercely pro-tenant Generation Rent campaign group. The announcement...

Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...