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ACUTE RENTAL SHORTAGE NOW HITTING EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY
Thursday 1st July 2021
Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a shortage – with rents rising as a result. Even on the Channel Island of…
NEW SECURE TENANCY AND ASSURED TENANCY FORMS MUST BE USED NOW
Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Houseladder
The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies – and landlords and agents who fail to use them risk having their possession and other processes…
GOVERNMENT REVISES MEDIATION GUIDELINES FOR ‘LIFE AFTER EVICTION BAN’
Tuesday 1st June 2021
Houseladder
The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the eviction ban has finally been lifted. The mediation system is free to use for landlords or their agents, and tenants,…
Queen’s Speech: Government to launch radical White Paper on PRS reform
Wednesday 12th May 2021
Landlord Zone
The government has promised to introduce its Renters Reform Bill in the autumn which will include details on abolishing Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions. Eighteen months after she first announced the Bill,…
LIMITED PROPERTY TAX PROPOSALS UNVEILED BY GOVERNMENT
Thursday 1st April 2021
Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon – a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals going out to new consultations, and updates on ongoing reviews. So far it appears that two…
Call for national register and indefinite tenancies for rental sector
Tuesday 30th March 2021
Letting Agent Today
A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three demands it wants from the forthcoming Renters’ Reform Bill, expected to be introduced into the House of Commons…
Blow to lettings sector as Green Homes Grant axed
Monday 29th March 2021
Letting Agent Today
The initiative which the government hoped would transform energy efficiency in the private rental sector is being axed this week. The Green Homes Grant -…
Client Money Protection bank deadline nears, agents warned
Monday 22nd March 2021
Letting Agent Today
Letting agents have only 10 days to open segregated client accounts or they could face being expelled by their client money protection scheme. That’s the view of industry supplier Client Money Protect. Having a segregated client account has always been…
The end of EPCs? Government told to scrap ‘outdated’ scheme
Monday 22nd March 2021
Graham Norwood
Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential group of MPs who have issued…
Help bring rental sector Health and Safety up to date, agents urged
Friday 19th March 2021
Letting Agent Today
Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part of a new government review. The review is of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System,…