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The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
It looks as if the rental market is set to stay strong for some years to come. That’s because lending for house...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...
16 August 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
Housing legal aid is increasingly out of reach for tenants who need help, the Law Society of England and Wales claims. Quarterly...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords and agents acting on their behalf are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
An analysis of lettings data across England and Wales shows that there have been 3,737 rental property repossession orders granted in...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior Labour politician in the capital claims that there’s been “a stark rise” in people losing their homes since the...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding the return of the eviction ban - even though, to all intents...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
A prominent PropTech figure says agents have a key role in reducing evictions in the short term - and he suggests...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer. Mary Rouse,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years. In a...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The Citizens Advice charity is calling for tenants with arrears directly created by the Coronavirus to be offered government grants to...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association. Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
The Ministry of Justice says it takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from making a repossession claim to the...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Over 6,000 people have responded to the Residential Landlord Association’s survey asking what a post-Section 21 private rented sector should look...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Heather Wheeler has pledged that the government will make changes to the court repossession process alongside its plans to...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News
One of the most vocal critics of lettings agents in recent years appears to be moving away from the property industry. Campbell...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News
The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News
A leading PropTech exponent is supporting the government’s Housing Court initiative, suggesting it could make redress for agents, landlords and tenants...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords’ Association has written an angry letter of protest to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation following the publication of what...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Data from the Ministry of Justice suggest that incidents of landlord possessions have fallen at all stages, for the eighth quarter...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Data from the Ministry of Justice suggests the number of claims made by private sector landlords to repossess a property has...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...