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Planning for the PRS portal
More details have emerged of the government’s plans for an official ‘rental property portal’ for the private sector that will tie homes, landlords, redress and housing standards into one website...
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Nigel Lewis
Friendly fire
Nigel Lewis looks at how the lettings industry is under attack from the most unlikely quarter – a Conservative government.
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Property managers face new wave of fire safety rules, White Paper reveals
In addition to last year's Fire Safety Act, the government is to introduce more regulations to make high-rise blocks safer to live in.
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Complaints against estate agents dropped by 5% last year, report shows
Annual report from redress scheme the PRS reveals fewer people complaining about letting agents in particular despite rising transaction volumes last year.
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MPs urge government to bring in tougher and better organised PRS regulation
Influential Commons scrutiny committee tells government to 'do better' and get a move on with its much-anticipated White Paper on reform.
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Agency excluded from TPO and PRS after failing to return £250 holding fee
Legra Homes Ltd in Southend, Essex fails to pay back fee to potential buyer after closing down, but sole director has now co-founded another company in the area.
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New ‘material information’ portal rules – industry reaction
Read the views of the key players in the industry and government about the latest initiative to give buyers and tenants more information up-front before they transact.
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What landlord exodus? Rental stock has increased by 6.40% since 2017
Despite warnings that extra taxation and regulation is putting landlords off the PRS, latest figures show long-term market trend is growth not contraction.
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Government criticised for ‘piecemeal’ regulation of the private rented sector
Official report by National Audit Office says local and national policing of letting agents, landlords and properties remains inconsistent and patchy.
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Lettings agents welcome proposals to roll-out dispute resolution in courts
But Propertymark's response to MoJ consultation is clear that dispute resolution must be early as possible in process otherwise it's usually 'too late'.
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