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The government is proposing to slash the regulations on HMOs used to house asylum seekers.  Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004...

The Department of Work and Pensions is to slash the timescale for repayment of arrears for tenants on Universal Credit. It has...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

The Budget has received short shrift from landlords and tenants, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak appeared to miss out the private rental...

Momentum is building against councils pushing ahead with licensing schemes despite the pandemic. Earlier this week ARLA Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade...

A property industry accreditation service is asking whether it’s now time for the government to offer grants to help landlords through...

Pressure groups attacking landlords and letting agents are usually on the other side of the fence from property industry professionals but...

There are more than 130,000 unlicensed properties in London that should be licensed under either selective, additional or mandatory HMO licensing...

Hounslow Council has u-turned on plans to introduce a licensing scheme for landlords.  Plans for an additional licensing scheme for landlords were...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent.   To many renters,...

Money Shield and the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) have become officially recognised Client Money Protection (CMP) Scheme operators after securing...

The government announced yesterday that the implementation of the ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants will not take place...

The secretary of state for Wales has called for greater protections for tenants and a crackdown on rogue landlords in Wales. Welsh...

The Conservative Party’s pledge to give tenants greater rights as part of a regulatory shake-up of the private rented sector has...

A new Fair Fees Forum has been launched by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) in order to help prevent excessive...