Rental market
News covering the Private Rented Sector with relevance to letting agents and landlords and the wider residential property industry.
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Section 21 evictions ban ‘delayed until after election’, MP claims
Clive Betts, who chairs the Housing Select Committee, throws doubt on whether Section 21 abolition will actually happen.
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Property experts and MPs slam Ministers over failing courts system
Propertymark supports the housing select committee in calling out ministers over delays to court reform and trying to 'shift the blame'.
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Letting agents accused of cashing in as interest on deposits ‘rockets’
Reports suggest agents are earning more than £80 million on interest from tenant deposits.
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Long-term renting trend ‘is big opportunity for lettings agents’
Zenko City Living Partner Jonathan Morgan says lettings agents can play a lucrative game if they can secure instructions on build-to-rent developments.
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Campaigners lose rent cap court battle
An attempt to overturn the cap on rents in Scotland through a Judicial Review has been rejected.
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MPs launch probe into worsening court delays
The Justice Committee chaired by Bob Neill will look at why county courts are so jammed up, and what can be done to ease the pressure.
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Landlord leader calls for peace talks with tenant campaigners
Ben Beadle of the NRLA has written to renter groups to find 'common ground', and stop them fighting with landlords.
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Ground rent on existing homes set to be capped
The Government is expected to include a bill in next week's King's Speech limiting ground rent to a peppercorn rate.
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Rent cap again fails to halt double digit rent rises
Average new tenancy rents in Scotland have risen more than 10% for the fourth consecutive quarter despite a cap.
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Landlords win HMO council tax battle
The Government has accepted the case from landlord leaders that current council tax rules for HMOs are unfair.
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