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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Minister ‘will listen to landlords’ before scrapping Section 21 evictions
Housing minister Rachel Maclean tells the Tory conference the Government is taking landlords' concerns into account.
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Latest mandatory How to Rent guide published this morning
A new version of the renting checklist is issued by the Government, six months after the last one was printed.
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House prices fall more severe than expected, says Knight Frank
The agency's head of residential research, Tom Bill, says it has revised its prediction for this year from a 5% fall to 7%, with another drop of 4% in 2024.
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Leading agency boss tells Tories to stop ‘infighting’ and build more homes
Dominic Agace says housing targets have been watered down because the ruling Conservatives are battling each other.
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Half of all letting agents to quit sector within FIVE years, citing poor pay
Research from Goodlord and Vouch shows many agents want to move onto something new, as 60% complain they are not paid fairly.
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Propertymark backs PM’s contentious ‘hands-off’ approach to Net Zero
Head of Policy and Campaigns says relaxed target on gas boilers and scrapped EPC ratings deadlines, will help landlords and homeowners.
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Landlords offered ‘solution’ to EPC upgrades under proptech deal
AI proptech firm Propflo has reached an agreement with mortgage lender Molo to give landlords a new energy upgrade tool.
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Misery of court backlogs ‘getting much worse’, evictions expert warns
LegalforLandlords says eviction cases are being held up for months as courts struggle to cope.
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Gloomy agents tell RICS there’s ‘little sign of relief in housing market’
The latest RICS data shows a 'sluggish' housing market and no cause for optimism yet.
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Sadiq Khan’s rent freeze claims questioned by BBC investigation
The BBC's More or Less programme put Sadiq Khan's claims about rent rises and income under the microscope.
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