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Propertymark backs PM’s contentious ‘hands-off’ approach to Net Zero
Head of Policy and Campaigns says relaxed target on gas boilers and scrapped EPC ratings deadlines, will help landlords and homeowners.
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Tax change needed or ‘landlords will not meet EPC rules’
Propertymark is urging Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to give landlords a tax incentive to pay for energy improvements.
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Propertymark renews industry call for battle against rent cap
Trade body's policy chief wants letting agents and landlords to join the fight against a rent cap and eviction ban north of the border.
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Estate agency leaders say new eviction powers for landlords will ‘overwhelm courts’
Propertymark welcomes the Government's plan to deal with problem tenants, but warns that existing courts will not cope with caseload.
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Landlords ‘getting around’ rent cap, Propertymark reports
Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's policy head, told the Scottish Parliament that many landlords were raising rents between tenancies.
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MPs’ reform plan for rental market gets mixed reaction from agents
A report on renters reform from MPs on a House of Commons committee calls for housing courts and a single ombudsman.
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Holiday lets boom prompts call for regulation from agents
Propertymark says most agents believe short-term lets have a negative impact on PRS.
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EXCLUSIVE: Emergency measures in Scotland ‘forcing landlords out’
The Scottish Government's move to cap rent increases and ban evictions are a threat to the PRS, warns Propertymark policy chief.
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Fight to prevent Sturgeon’s rent freeze and evictions ban intensifies
A top lawyer is to give his view on whether the Scottish Government's new law breaches landlords' rights.
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Rent and evictions freeze ‘irresponsible’ say Scottish landlords
John Blackwood, CEO of the Scottish Association of Landlords has accused the Government north of the border of going for "cheap headlines".
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