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Agents: Scotland’s Emergency Rent measures are ‘backfiring’
Propertymark highlights a growing concern for the Scottish PRS as letting agents report an increase in investors exiting the market.
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Russell Quirk to headline Propertymark’s big One conference
TV pundit and friend to the stars Russell Quirk will be headlining the colossal Propertymark One conference chairing a heavy weight industry panel talking about fees, stock levels and pipelines.
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Estate agency sector backs HMO council tax reform
Propertymark is backing calls for council tax reform that will ensure Houses in Multiple Occupation only pay the hated levy per property not per room as can be the case now.
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£10k fight to stop rent cap and eviction moratorium in Scotland
Landlords and agents are urged to back a crowdfunding effort to fund a judicial review against the country's damaging rental sector policies.
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Housing Market
REACTION: Bank of England hikes interest rate for eleventh time in a row
With this week’s rise in inflation combined with a move by the US Federal Reserve to go ahead with a 0.25% rise, the BoE had few choices.
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Housing Market
Scorchio summer leads to 16-year subsidence payout peak
Insurers expect to pay some £219 million in subsidence claims made in 2022, many of which were caused by last summer's record-breaking high temperatures.
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Regulation & Law
UPDATE: Government delays publication of How to Rent Guide
A revised version of the renting checklist – which must be issued by both letting agents and landlords to new tenants or those renewing – was due to be published on Friday morning.
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Features
Staying the course – how to hold on to staff
Finding new staff in a tight labour market is hard – and keeping them even harder. Richard Reed asks the specialists for some key pointers on staff retention.
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Housing Market
Letting agency boost as Government issues Right to Rent warning
Landlords who don’t use a letting agent are the least likely to fully understand their legal responsibilities when onboarding new tenants via the Right to Rent scheme, research from the Home Office has revealed.
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Killer gates on estates ‘to become a thing of the past’
Charity Gate Safe and Propertymark have joined forces to raise awareness surrounding the consequences of unsafe gates after several fatal accidents in the last decade.
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