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Established by the UK Government, the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) was launched in April 2021. In the summer of that...
06 January 2024
From: The Big Issues
A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A left-wing pressure group wants new laws to force landlords to pay hefty relocation expenses to tenants who claim high rents...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer is calling on landlords to step up and open their accommodation to Afghan refugees. He says current solutions...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign group is accusing many landlords of failing to sell - despite having said they...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Annual rental growth in prime London reached 11.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, following a 3.4 increase...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A large scale survey of tenants suggests there’s a real enthusiasm for them to leave major cities and relocate elsewhere, so...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Reigate and Banstead council is appealing to private landlords with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, two, three or four-bedroom homes for rent. The...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord and his associated property firm for letting unsafe properties and being unlicensed -...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Post-Covid economic recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert. Martha Peyton, managing director and...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A local authority is appealing directly to landlords to join a scheme rehousing Afghan refugee families. Wrexham council says the families will...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
London agency Dexters says the number of lettings applicants rose 50 per cent in 2020 with a particular surge in November...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Data from estate agency Carter Jonas reveals which borough in the capital appears to be seeing the largest number of people...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for properties in the private rented sector has increased significantly providing a welcome boost for buy-to-let landlords. Various reports show that...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a noticeable increase in the supply of letting properties, placing downward pressure on rental values, according to Knight...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords in central London have been forced to reduce rents by an average of 10%, according to Chestertons. The letting agency says...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News
London-based estate agent Portico has digitalised its letting process, with the launch of a new online rental service for private landlords...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for properties in the private rented sector is up by 22% compared to last year, according to Rightmove. The data from...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Private landlords in London have been forced to drop rents by up to 15% following a significant increase in the number...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord who failed to pay a tenancy deposit into an approved scheme for four years has proved unsuccessful in...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental price growth in English cities undergoing extensive regeneration is outpacing the national average, new research shows. Looking at 12 cities in...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
One in five landlords in this country entered the buy-to-let sector without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Prime rents in the Home Counties dropped by an average of 0.8% last year, as a higher number of homes available...
17 January 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been a surge in high quality tenants, including many corporate tenants working for blue chip companies, flocking to the...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News
An unscrupulous letting agent who conned landlords and tenants out of more than £220,000 has been sentenced to four and a half...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The private rental market in prime central London (PCL) has weakened in recent weeks as tenants take advantage of growing uncertainty...