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 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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No deposit renting launches in South Wales
Swansea agent, Dawsons, has partnered with Flatfair to offer tenants a no deposit renting option.
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Tenants still need more protection despite government reforms, campaign group warns
The London Renters Union says tenants will be vulnerable to eviction even though the government has promised to tighten the rules in its renters reform paper.
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Holiday lets tax loophole measure, “Too little, too late”
Last Friday's announcement that Michael Gove was moving to close the business rates tax loophole on holiday lets was generally welcomed, but some think it's too little too late.
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Government should pay for removal of Grenfell-style cladding, say conveyancers
SLC says thousands of owners are trapped, unable to move, facing bankruptcy and contemplating suicide over the issue.
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