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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PM favourite makes first foray into housing policy
Campaigners welcome Liz Truss' commitment to ensure rental payments are included in mortgage criteria.
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Canopy and Housing Hand agree deal to offer combined service
Prospective tenants, landlords and agents now able to access reference and guarantor offer in one hit.
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Here’s how agents can help avoid another ARPM-style collapse
Letting agents and property managers should retain visibility and control directly over client and customer monies.
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Housing minister Eddie Hughes to headline landlords’ national gathering
Housing minister Eddie Hughes expected to outline government's approach to PRS after white paper published.
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Letting agency’s HMO fine puts property managers on high alert
Belvoir Nottingham Central is ordered to pay more than £1.7k after breaching HMO licensing rules.
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Next PM must deal with PRS supply crisis, landlords insist
The NRLA says whoever is the next Prime Minister needs to take quick action to alleviate pressures on the private rented sector.
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Belvoir branch punished by TPO after refusing to pay award
The Property Ombudsman blacklists a branch of Belvoir after it fails to pay a landlord for management failures.
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London prime rental market ‘collapses’ as available lets fall sharply
Figures from LonRes show that rents are shooting up as tenants compete for a dwindling number of properties.
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EXCLUSIVE: Renting reforms must not be delayed, Propertymark CEO warns
Reforms will be rushed if there are not brought in soon, Emerson says, as government crisis threatens to cause chaos.
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Lettings agency owner plans to make firm major player in SE
Owner of letting agents in Portsmouth area plans to create biggest independent agency in Hampshire.
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