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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Letting agents to face increasingly older renters as home ownership ‘out of reach’
Hamptons say there will be a million households aged over 65 renting their homes within 10 years.
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Ban on ads ruling out children and benefit families ‘set to become UK-wide’
Michael Gove is talking to the Scottish and Welsh Governments about outlawing blanket bans on children and families on benefits.
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Deposit API deal ‘makes registration much simpler’
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has signed a tech agreement with student property specialist EREC Estates to make deposit registration 'seamless'.
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Children and pets still banned in rental ads, BBC finds
Analysis of rental ads on OpenRent and Zoopla by the BBC reveals some still ban families with children and also pets.
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Countrywide lettings senior promoted to national role
Ian Culbert is promoted from overseeing Countrywide's northern lettings operation to become national boss.
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Letting agents and landlords hit with record fines this year
Penalties imposed by local councils in London have already topped £900,000, according to data firm Kamma.
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Has peak rental demand peaked passed? New data says yes
Figures from Barrows and Forrester reveal a quarterly and annual drop in tenant demand despite a crisis in the mortgage market pricing many people out.
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Landlords make their move ahead of EPC rules deadline
Rightmove research seems to show landlords are investing in properties with EPC rating of C or above to meet Government rules.
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Group wins big grant to help letting agents speed up EPC upgrades
The consortium, which includes the Residential Logbook Association, has won Government cash to speed up PRS retrofitting work for EPC target.
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Landlords warn ministers that sector urgently needs support
The NRLA says there is a lack or reliable information on the housing sector in Wales, and this must be fixed.
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