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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…
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…
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…
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 can apply…
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…
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 affordable, according to the…
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…
Renters Reform Bill pushed into the long grass?
Friday 25th September 2020
Graham Norwood
It appears that the Renters Reform Bill - a key measure in the 2019 Conservative General Election manifesto - has been pushed into the long grass. The pledge was for this Bill to include the scrapping…
Agents Beware - no bailiffs to complete evictions between these dates
Friday 18th September 2020
Graham Norwood
The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete evictions between December 11 and January 11. The dates were revealed by housing minister Chris Pincher in the…
In full - all the new tenancy notice periods and rules
Tuesday 1st September 2020
Graham Norwood
Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases, such as incidents of anti-social behaviour and domestic abuse. On Friday the government made…