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![Tory Rental Reform and Housing Policies in Full](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues. Here...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Danger Weed - is your property at risk?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2454976663.jpg)
Invasive plant species such as Japanese knotweed are developing much earlier in 2024 due to the warm, wet winter, a plant...
01 June 2024
From: Top tips & guides
![Council-funded lettings body tries to seduce landlords with rent guarantees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
An agency that works with over 170 councils is promising rent guarantees and insurance cover to landlords who volunteer their properties...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landmark court ruling means home owner loses compensation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Property-court-400x310.png)
A landmark ruling about the invasive plant Japanese knotweed has been over-turned - with implications for landlords and other property owners. In...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Complaints about letting agents soar, claims redress service](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Freeholders fight back in bid to save ground rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_1155447730.jpg)
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Dramatic U-turn on Section 21 - latest details](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
More details have emerged of what appears to be a stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers in the short term. The...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Is it illegal to Airbnb your garden retreat?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The rise of platforms such as Airbnb has opened up new possibilities to generate extra income by renting out spaces. From spare...
23 September 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Renters Reform Bill: Landlords urged to prepare for changes as MPs return](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent is urging landlords to stay vigilant for changes to the Renters Reform Bill now that Parliament is...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians reject rent controls and open-ended tenancies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
Politicians have rejected calls for rent controls, open ended tenancies and slower evictions - although this has not happened on the...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency advises landlords on how to handle most common tenant gripes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
A lettings agency has identified the three most complained-about issues by tenants last year. All the tenants were in Greater London and...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Mediation Scheme flops with almost no users](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise link between landlords and charity opposing Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
They have taken differing views on Section 21 powers but now the National Residential Landlords Association and homelessness charity Crisis have...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Nightmare may end for landlords trying to sell in high-rise blocks](/upload/images/library/StudentPropertyBlock-400x310.jpg)
The government has developed an insurance scheme which may help landlords who want to see flats in high rise blocks. Following the...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Problem Tenants: can private landlords learn from housing associations?](/upload/images/library/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A pioneering project is matching private landlords with tenant management skills in a local housing association. Salford council and the Irwell Valley...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reforms must win confidence of landlords, says NRLA chief](/upload/images/Logos/NRLA-Logo-2020-400x310.jpg)
The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the devil is in the detail when it comes to the...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Register via new portal demanded by lettings industry chiefs](/upload/images/library/data-protection400x310.png)
A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have called for the creation of a Landlord...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Many landlords still excluded from new Building Safety Law](/upload/images/library/Health%26Safety400x310.png)
The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why this month’s Supreme Court ruling provides a crucial reminder for landlords](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
In this guides and tips piece, Kerry Barber, head of Compliance at Goodlord, and Leanne McCarthy, claims facilitator at Goodlord, discuss why this month's...
29 April 2022
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance
![Labour MP backs buy to let landlords over cladding cash help](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CladdingScandal3-400x310.png)
Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina Speaks - Redress: Should greater accountability be feared?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PaulShamplinaLandlordTodayLogo-400x310.jpg)
It goes without saying that any decent landlord wants to provide their tenants with a safe and secure home and to...
12 March 2022
From: The Big Issues
![New dispute resolution service for private rental sector](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
Trading Standards has approved a new alternative dispute resolution body for the private rental sector. It’s The Dispute Service Ltd, and it...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![What the new Building Safety Bill means for Leaseholders](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...
05 March 2022
From: The Big Issues
![The Worst Winter Yet for Mould?](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Construction%20and%20Maintenance/MouldProperty-400x310.jpg)
In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...
26 February 2022
From: Top tips & guides
![Excluding landlords will lead to cladding safety problems](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CladdingScandal2-400x310.png)
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
![How can you protect your tenancy deposit: TDS' top 10 Tips for landlords to pass on to tenants](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Tenancy%20Deposit%20Scheme/Image_360-x-280.png)
Nobody wants to have to end a tenancy with deductions from a tenancy deposit! Here we share our expert tips for landlords to pass...
17 February 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Landlord Woes - Rising Costs, Levelling Up, Cladding Confusion](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...
12 February 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Cladding Help: Government still considering including BTL landlords](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CladdingScandal400x310.jpg)
The government has hit back at claims from the National Residential Landlords Association that buy to let landlords are being left...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Don’t exclude landlords from cladding help, politicians will be told](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CladdingScandal2-400x310.png)
Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and risk needless delays to addressing the problem. That’s the warning from...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government slams insurance firms over premiums on blocks](/upload/images/library/Flats400x310.jpg)
Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why are landlords deliberately excluded from cladding help?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CladdingScandal2-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Scare stories unfounded - evictions did NOT rise after end of ban](/upload/images/library/MillennialTenants-1-400x310.jpg)
Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Two month mediation project starts - is it really long enough to succeed?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
An innovative pilot project aiming to reduce evictions by providing free mediation between private landlords and tenants has been launched in...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina Speaks - Landlords Are At A Crossroads](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PaulShamplinaLandlordTodayLogo-400x310.jpg)
As founder of Landlord Action and chief operating officer at Hamilton Fraser, I’ve been talking to landlords for over 25 years...
09 October 2021
From: The Big Issues
![Will new Bill help landlords caught in cladding crisis?](/img/default/llt.png)
The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top tips - how to handle mediation](/img/default/llt.png)
Since the eviction ban was lifted on May 31, landlords are once again able to move forward with eviction proceedings. However,...
25 June 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy
![Revealed - how many tenants get 100% deposit back after a dispute](/img/default/llt.png)
New figures show that in England and Wales, 69 per cent of disputed deposits are split between the landlord and tenant,...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Angry activists ask: Why do businesses have an eviction ban, but not us?](/img/default/llt.png)
Campaign group Generation Rent has issued an angry statement in response to the government’s decision to extend the eviction ban for...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Relief for landlords as mandatory mediation threat is lifted](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Relief for lettings sector as mandatory mediation threat is lifted](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlord-Tenant Mediation: no pilot scheme results yet](/img/default/llt.png)
There appears to be no evidence yet as to the effectiveness or otherwise of the government’s mediation scheme, introduced ahead of...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Another council urges landlords to think twice before evicting](/img/default/llt.png)
Another council is urging landlords to seek alternative solutions to tenancy issues how the eviction ban is at an end. The emergency...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Eviction Mediation guidelines issued to landlords by government](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Council appeals to private landlords to help with homelessness problem](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords in a Midlands city are being asked to help find safe places to live for homeless individuals and families. The council...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Think-tank calls for more renters’ rights and new law](/img/default/llt.png)
A think-tank, UK Onward, has called for radical rental reform. In a statement released to coincide with today’s Queen’s Speech, the think-tank...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mediation instead of eviction - will it work?](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has released details of its mediation scheme, which has already won the in-principle support of the National Residential Landlords...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dispute Resolution service extends remit to cover more rental issues](/img/default/llt.png)
A resolution service set up last summer for landlords is extending its remit to cover a much wider range of disputes. TDS...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Avoiding eviction - Council says it’s piloting mediation scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
A local council has let it be known that it’s in a pilot mediation scheme set up by the government -...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government insists eviction ban “protects most vulnerable renters”](/img/default/llt.png)
The government insists that its ban on bailiff-enforced evictions “protects the most vulnerable renters” during the pandemic. The claim comes in the...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban extended in England and Wales](/img/default/llt.png)
The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Do you know your Wear and Tear from your Residual Lifespan?](/img/default/llt.png)
An online quiz with 4,000 landlord participants suggests that landlords are well informed - they scored an average 70 per cent...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Can mediation solve arrears problems? Webinar for landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
A webinar being held tomorrow will consider whether mediation is a valid way of addressing tenant arrears during the Coronavirus pandemic. A...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Council is first in country to offer Covid-helpline for landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
A local authority is thought to be the first in the country to be offering a Coronavirus lifeline to hard-pressed landlords. Leicester...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Abolishing Section 21 means rent up, stock down, tenant insecurity](/img/default/llt.png)
The Lettings Industry Council has published a report outlining why Section 21 should not be abolished, despite the government’s commitment to...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![New partnership aims to help landlords regain possession of their properties](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlord Action and the Property Redress Scheme, both part of the Hamilton Fraser group, have teamed up to help buy-to-let landlords...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Flat owners welcome government response on cladding](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has published its response to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s (HCLG) report on cladding...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![New tenancy mediation service proves a success](/img/default/llt.png)
A new tenancy mediation service for landlords and tenants has successfully resolved 50% of cases where the renter was willing to...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![The property industry has second lowest monthly furlough wage bill](/img/default/llt.png)
The Real Estate sector has seen the number of workers furloughed hit 28%, with the monthly wage packet for these workers...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![The government’s attempt to remove cladding has been ‘too slow’](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has been criticised by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for taking far too long to remove all flammable cladding...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus lockdown: UK economy is losing £2.7bn a day](/img/default/llt.png)
The UK economy is losing £2.7bn a day in absolute terms due to the existing lockdown, a new report has revealed. According to UK Powerhouse...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![New tenancy mediation service launched by the PRS](/img/default/llt.png)
Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has launched a tenancy mediation service for residential and commercial landlords, or their appointed letting agent, and...