The UK Government’s ‘War on Landlords’ has caused buy-tolet sales to collapse, down by 64 per cent in twelve months.
Read MoreBBC says rogue agents stole £1m of tenant deposits last year
A BBC investigation has claimed that 14 agents across the UK were convicted of stealing over £1m of tenant deposits last year including £400,000 taken in the East Midlands and £220,000 in…
Read More‘90% of portal juggling has stopped’ claims software expert who helped break scandal
Ninety percent of agents who once engaged in unfair practices in order to manipulate their Rightmove listings and company profiles have now stopped since the portal juggling scandal broke last year, it…
Read MoreHas the CML changed its tune on longer tenancies?
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has backed the government’s recent housing White Paper and says there is an “increased appetite” among lenders to advance mortgages to landlords who accommodate renters on…
Read MoreNAEA, ARLA and NAVA ‘rebrand’ as Propertymark
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers (NAVA) have jointly relaunched themselves as Propertymark in a move designed to…
Read MoreRogue letting agent jailed after National Trading Standards investigation
A rogue letting agent and landlord in Lancashire has been jailed for three years and nine months after he was convicted at Bolton Crown Court of nine counts of fraud, theft and…
Read MoreHousing White Paper: key rental policies revealed
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid (pictured, right) presented the government’s housing White Paper to the Commons today with the aim of fixing the UK’s ‘broken housing…
Read MoreHousing White Paper: Is this the week when everything changes?
The Government’s much-anticipated housing White Paper is due out this week and already several government sources including housing minister Gavin Barwell have indicated that a radical shift in policy is to take…
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