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Recruitment & Training

With Labour’s election victory, a new EPC target has been announced. ...
The Renters (Reform) Bill was one of the main casualties of Rishi Sunak’s early General Election call. It left insufficient parliamentary time to put the Bill to bed in a way that overcame the practical difficulties of balancing the interests ...
A new poll of 1,300 landlords, conducted by flatshare site SpareRoom, shows a drop in confidence about the rental market. ...
Only five weeks after the General Election, activist group the Renters Reform Coalition is already impatient at Labour’s failure to bring forward new legislation. ...
The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims this morning. ...
The abolition of the furnished holiday lettings tax regime - confirmed earlier this week - will punish local economies, according to the Country Land and Business Association. ...
The Housing Ombudsman has launched a special investigation into a Labour council after 16 ‘severe Maladministration’ cases in a year and a series of compliance issues. ...
A building society says the combination of the UK Labour government’s housing proposals and a regional plan for 20,000 low-carbon homes for rent, could herald “a new dawn” for the housing market in the second half of 2024. ...
Metropolitan areas that have built more homes in relation to their population since 2015 are more likely to have seen rent affordability improve, it’s been claimed. ...
New research reveals how property prices have risen under different governments in the UK - with the revelation that house prices have grown more under Labour than Tories over the last 50 years. ...
Nothing in the King’s Speech or the new government’s housing plans has had any material impact on the outlook for the market in the next 12 to 18 months, says Zoopla.  ...
Labour has made a solid start with regard to the lettings sector according to a high profile rental law expert. ...
Letting agents’ body Propertymark has fired a warning shot at Baroness Eluned Morgan, the politician who has been chosen to be Labour’s new leader in Wales, and the Welsh Government’s First Minister. ...
Private landlords with properties in the Caerphilly borough can apply for free ‘green skills’ training. ...
The government has released more information on its new Renters Rights Bill, which is expected to be launched into Parliament in the autumn. ...
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