Lettings
Rent controls and scrapping of no-fault ground on horizon for Scottish PRS
Government launches consultation on proposals to give tenants more security
Lettings
Law
Ex-letting agency director remanded in custody after being charged
Agent who ran closed firm facing two charges of fraud
Compliance
Agent’s behaviour following tenant’s death was sensitive, rules ombudsman
TPO throws out landlords' allegations of gross negligence
Law
Landlord jailed after benefits fraud and money laundering case
Man who owned three rental properties claimed allowances – but now faces Proceeds of Crime case
Finance
Rents will go up by less than inflation, say landlords
But finding mortgage funding is getting harder
Law
Letting agent ‘to face trial’ after landlord pleads guilty
Landlord hit with £3,000 bill after admitting HMO charges
Lettings
General election uncertainty drives landlord out of London rental market
Fixflo founder says he will sit on sidelines until 'rhetoric' dies down
Lettings
Letting agents accused of greed over renewal fees
Generation Rent says agents are standing in the way of longer tenancies – as Tories announce new rental deal
Compliance
Letting agents act to comply as clock ticks towards deadline
TPO adds more agents by the week, while Property Redress Scheme reports "tsunami of interest"
Agency
More landlords selling up than buying, says ARLA
Tenants short on choice, report ARLA 'licensed' branches
Lettings
Ex-council flat bought under Right to Buy marketed at close to £1m
Likely buyer will be buy-to-let private landlord, say councillors
Lettings
Labour confirms ban on letting agent fees if it wins
Shadow housing minister says a Labour government will also bring in longer tenancies
Lettings
Costs of licensing might be passed to tenants, housing head admits
Council consults on licensing scheme, saying local housing crisis is 'desperate'
Lettings
Every single letting agent in Wales will now have to be licensed
Potential template for England – as new Housing Act passes on to statute books
Lettings
Plea to politicians on both sides of border: fees ban does not work
Rents across England and Wales inch up to new record
Compliance
Gas safety? What’s that, asks one in ten landlords
Ignorance about legal duty admitted by 14% of private landlords
Lettings
Renewed pressure to ban letting agents’ fees to tenants
Mayor Boris is told that London Rental Standard fails to protect tenants
Lettings
Five tenants chasing each rental property
But Help to Buy is credited with taking some pressure off the market
Lettings
Rent controls? ‘Labour policy attempts to demonise landlords’
Industry figure Malcolm Harrison says rent controls almost killed the PRS
Law
Tenants who make ‘relevant complaint’ could be safe from eviction
Bill outlawing 'revenge evictions' will stop S.21 procedure for six months