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Rental market outlook for 2021
Thursday 7th January 2021
GRAINNE GILMORE
As we look ahead to 2021, it’s worth considering how the rental market has changed over the last 12 months, most notably…
Pets in Rental Properties: Date set for MPs to debate issue
Thursday 7th January 2021
Letting Agent Today
January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the abolition of no-pet clauses in…
Lockdown regulations mean agents can continue Covid-secure working
Wednesday 6th January 2021
Letting Agent Today
Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s official guidance for England says that agents, as with all…
LATEST: Government relaxes requirement for Green Homes Grant installers to be registered or certified
Tuesday 5th January 2021
Nigel Lewis
The English government has executed a U-turn on its Green Home Grants Scheme and relaxed the requirement for installers to be Trustmark registered or certified through the previous Green Deal PAS or MCS schemes, with…
No Pets: charities back call for reform of rental regulations
Wednesday 11th November 2020
Letting Agent Today
Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental accommodation. Earlier this year the government said its model tenancy contracts…
It's Not On: Agents tell government new EPC targets can't be met
Friday 2nd October 2020
Graham Norwood
New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The broadside comes from the Association of Residential Lettings Agents‘ policy and campaigns manager, Timothy Douglas,…
BREAKING: Green Homes Grant opens for applications from landlords
Thursday 1st October 2020
Landlords can now take advantage of the new Green Home Energy Grant scheme to get discounted home improvements. Under Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s scheme, which opens for online applications today, homeowners including landlords…
Right To Rent may be tweaked to allow easier online checks
Thursday 1st October 2020
The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective tenants fulfil…
GOVT COMMITS TO UPGRADING EPC FOR PRIVATE RENTAL SECTOR
Wednesday 30th September 2020
Houseladder
The government has committed to upgrading “as many private rented sector homes as possible” to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2030, it has revealed within a consultation. This applies where practical, cost-effective and…
Boom Time - record number of tenants registered by agents
Wednesday 30th September 2020
The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s August Private Rented Sector report says the average letting agency branch registered 101 new tenants last month, breaking…