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National registration scheme for short-lets confirmed in new Bill amendment
Minister and trade body confirm that first steps towards establishing national register in England have been taken.
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Experts make new renewed call for national landlord registration scheme in England
Report into PRS regulation sponsored by leading deposit firm says England should follow the example of Scotland and Wales and bring in register.
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Rental market
Scrap local licensing when national database launches, says Propertymark
Propertymark's Tim Thomas says the Government needs to ditch any local discretionary schemes once the landlord register is in place.
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Regulation & Law
Revived Help to Buy scheme to be revealed in Budget
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook says the Government is stepping in to support those who can’t rely on help from the bank of Mum and Dad.
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Regulation & Law
National landlord register risks increasing workload and fees
A new national landlord database must "not simply duplicate information" already submitted through licensing schemes, warns Propertymark.
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Regulation & Law
Brighton and Hove Council bids to pilot Govt licensing scheme for short-lets
South Coast Council wants to trial the regulation of short-term holiday lets after thousands of homes have been lost from the local rental market.
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Rental market
Licensing expert calls for new landlord registration scheme
Phil Turtle of Landlord Licensing and Defence says the Government should copy Jersey's example, where a new database of landlords has been introduced.
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Airbnb short-lets rules must be set locally not nationally, say agents
The trade body is pressing the Government to allow local authorities to decide if they need a short-term lets licensing scheme in their area.
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All lettings agents to face mandatory PRS registration, former ombudsman says
Report by Lewis Shand Smith and a major housing policy think tank proposes several radical changes for agents and landlords within the private rented sector.
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Housing Market
Sharp rise in new home registrations
Over 40,000 new residential properties were registered in the UK during the first three months of the year, a rise of 18 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year, the latest figures show. New house building data released by the National House Building Council (NHBC) for the first quarter of this year reveal that in total, 40,281 new homes – 30,691 private sector; 9,590 public sector – were registered. This represents a year-on-year rise of 26 per cent for the private sector, with the public sector falling slightly by just 1 per cent. In March alone, the figures show that 17,210 new homes were registered (13,068; 9,051 private sector; 4,017 public sector), up by almost a third on the corresponding month in 2014. NHBC Chief Executive, Mike Quinton (main pic), said, “Our figures show an encouraging start to 2015 with new housing registrations up 18 per cent on the first quarter of last year. Housing growth levels remain strong across virtually every part of the UK. “However, we have made clear that the UK is still building way below the volumes of homes that we need. NHBC looks forward to working with government to ensure that high quality…
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