Lettings
Average tenancy deposit soars by £300 in seven years
Tenants now have to find deposits of almost £1,200
Lettings
Lettings
Recruitment firm seeks crime expert to help with landlord licensing
Crime analyst sought for private rented sector licensing scheme
Lettings
Tenants find rent takes up one-third of salary
Demand continues to rise as supply drops back, says Sequence
Lettings
More tenants happy to be evicted as they want a council house
Shamplina says there has been a sharp rise in tenants wanting to be rehoused by councils
Law
At least 12 tenancy deposit fraud cases set for prosecution
Two deposit schemes helping police bring cases to court
Lettings
Rents creep up by just 1% in a year across Britain, says ONS
But newly agreed rents are shooting up, according to referencing firm Homelet
Law
Eric Walker firm sounds warning on rise of illegal rent-to-rent
Northwood issues definitive guide on rent guarantees – including its own model
Lettings
Ministers move closer to banning rental properties with low EPCs
Consultation launches into whether 2018 ban should be phased in and completed by 2020
Law
Council forced to cancel licensing scheme debate after legal challenge
Landlord to ask for judicial review – authority says it will mount 'vigorous' defence
Lettings
Private sector tenants outnumber social renters
Two thirds (64%) of all new households move into PRS in just one year
Compliance
‘Ban all insurance-backed tenancy deposit schemes’ – call
Generation Rent says 30% of insurance-backed deposits are used for cash flow purposes by agents or landlords
Acquisitions
Acquisitive lettings agent buyer Lomond snaps up its 20th purchase
Firm to take its buying power to Birmingham and Leeds next, followed by more cities in 2015
Lettings
Rent rises are below inflation over past year
LSL figures show that average rents have gone up just £10 in a year
Lettings
Councils call for voluntary ban on To Let boards
'No need for boards as most student lettings are done online' says councillor
Lettings
Drop in tenant arrears but court orders for eviction rise
Receiver of rent says fewer tenants now in arrears of two months or more
Lettings
Campaign launches crusade against ‘impossible’ Big Brother licensing schemes
One council wants tenants – and their visitors – kept under permanent surveillance while another wants to banish vans
Lettings
Whole of Belvoir unites to combat Labour proposals for PRS
All franchisees to lobby MPs on fees ban and rent controls
Law
Innocent letting agent held in police cell for five hours
HIgh Court judge lambasts 'stupid' police in mother versus daughter agency case
Lettings
Drop in younger tenants wooed by Help to Buy
Tenants under 30 leave private rented sector to get on housing ladder