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Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association will jointly host a networking and information session with homelessness charity Crisis. It will take place on...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A flamboyant property in Oxford which has been the subject of a decades-long planning dispute has been removed from Airbnb by...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Newham council in London has won what it calls a landmark case against a convicted rogue landlord. The court has dismissed the...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced today. This is part...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes. Landmark...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Barclays is working with TV guru Phil Spencer to give home owners some £2,000 to make selected energy-efficiency improvements to their...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
2023 could be a landmark year for the private rented sector if Michael Gove succeeds in his pursuit of reforming the...
13 May 2023
From: Rental Reform
The landlords’ trade body is welcoming a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court which provides vital clarification about so called ‘rent-to-rent’...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of lenders are now offering incentives to win the business of landlords with good, or improving, EPC ratings. In what...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association says housing minister Andrew Stephenson will give a key-note address at its annual conference. The only problem...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...
23 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Landmark Auctions, a new property auctioneer has launched its services offering residential and commercial property, development, investment and land through in-house,...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Eddie Hughes - the politician leading for the government own the renters’ Reform Bill - will be the keynote...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency is to hold free events to support landlords ahead of what it calls a “landmark transformation” in rental...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The end of the stamp duty holiday, which was introduced in July 2020, is now only a few weeks away. The upcoming...
16 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Knight Frank has identified part of central London which it describes as being historically overlooked but likely to be transformed in...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players says the government should incentivise working from home and the use of...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in what a local council calls “a landmark...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The ‘No DSS’ issue has been effectively settled by a landmark court case, but a new document for MPs says ‘affordability...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Robert Rinder, the reality TV celebrity and barrister, has joined the campaigning charity Shelter to oppose what he describes as illegal...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A specialist property litigation firm is warning buy-to-let landlords not to discriminate against benefit claimants, following a recent landmark ruling that...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Roma Finance has launched a holiday let and serviced accommodation five-year term base rate tracker mortgage product. The criteria offered by the...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The Court of Appeal’s decision to back landlords in the gas safety certificate challenge last week was an enormous relief to...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that Section 21 notices issued by landlords are valid provided a gas safety certificate is...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling in the case of Trecarrell House Limited v Rouncefield has provided landlords with much-needed clarity on...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading property litigation and housing lawyer will host a masterclass on possession claims today at 10am following yesterday's landmark case ruling. David Smith,...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
David Smith, renowned property litigation and housing lawyer, will host a masterclass on possession claims this Friday following a landmark case...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has published updated guidance to the tenancy deposit protection (TDP) legislation in England and Wales. The information...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The English Private Landlord Survey shows that couples aged 25 - 49 make up the largest proportion of private renters, a...
16 September 2019
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Primas Law is urging landlords and property developers to seek legal advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News
As London continues to wane in popularity for investors and renters alike – with increasing numbers of people moving out of...
14 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Legal & General has exchanged contracts on a new Build To Rent (BTR) site in Chelmsford City Centre, on behalf of...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
If you have inherited a holiday home or B&B you could save thousands of pounds in inheritance tax, according to Kirwans...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The government’s private rented sector policies are failing tenants, mainly because they are ‘not joined up or thought through’, a new...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Councils must do more to root out unscrupulous landlords that give the sector a bad name, according to the Residential Landlords...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News
An unscrupulous landlord who forced a tenant to live in appalling conditions has been ordered to repay more than £1,000 in...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being invited to take part in a free seminar in Cumbria next week. The event, which will be held...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
As 2017 draws to a close, Rightmove has released fresh data, based on searches by prospective tenants browsing its website, revealing...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News
New rules making it compulsory for landlords to apply for planning consent if they wish to convert properties in the Royal...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Landlords renting out properties in the London borough of Brent have been ordered to pay fines totalling more than £500,000 over...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Construction work on the largest fully funded Build to Rent scheme in Manchester is set to get underway in August after...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Planning consent for the construction of an £82m private rented sector (PRS) residential waterfront tower in Liverpool has been approved by...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News
A group of disgruntled customers are expected to start legal action against Skipton Building Society and Bank of Ireland next month...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News
Last week, a landmark case in Scotland highlighted the need for deposit protection, after a letting agent in North Ayrshire became...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News
A man who illegally sub-let his council home in Sheffield and then evicted his tenant using force has been prosecuted in...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News
There was a significant drop in the volume of buy-to-let valuation instructions recorded last month following the introduction of higher stamp...