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Labour release their private rented sector policy
Labour’s housing announcement picks up on IPPR’s ideas for providing greater security of tenure to the growing number of people living in the private…
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Private landlord moves North
Private landlord claims more opportunities are now available in north. The UK’s largest listed private landlord plans to expand back into the regions, ending years…
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CIH review of private sector housing launched
A third of private rented homes in England are failing decency standards according to a new report. Thirty-three per cent of the country’s private…
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Letting agents may have to sign up to one of 3 complaint services
Letting agents will be forced to sign up to one of three government-approved complaint services as part of a package of measures to provide…
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Eviction threat to those who ask for repairs in private sector
Over 200,000 people have faced eviction in the last year for asking their landlord to fix a problem, according to research. According to LG…
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Lettings Agents expected to join redress scheme
Around 3,000 letting agents will be expected to join redress schemes in a move designed to give tenants and leaseholders greater protection. According to…
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PrIvatesector tenancies are being terminated early due to WR
Landlords are prematurely terminating assured shorthold tenancies at an ‘alarming’ rate and increasing homelessness in London, according to a report released today. Assessing-the-consequences-of-welfare-reform According…
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Suggested energy efficiency standard – private sector
A number of organisation have collaborated to suggest a energy efficient standard for the private rented sector. Here is their report: PRS-Joint-Statement …
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ONS data on residential transactions in February
The number of residential property transactions in the UK were the lowest they have been since April 2013 in February, government statistics reveal today.…
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Landlords given an opportunity to form business improvement districts
Property owners in London are to be allowed to form business improvement districts (BIDs) in a move designed to get landlords more involved in…
