3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (483+ words) An industry body has called for more clarity around the tribunal process under the Renters’ Rights Act. Propertymark has warned that, with rent tribunal cases surging, there needs to be clearer guidance and understanding of the evidence tribunals consider. The…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (289+ words) Northumberland County Council is paying for guarantor insurance to help tenants secure homes in the private rented sector. The scheme targets potential tenants who can afford a tenancy but cannot provide a qualifying relative or other person to be their…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (627+ words) Rents are facing renewed upward pressure as tenant demand grows and landlord instructions remain in negative territory, according to the latest RICS survey. In August, the net balance for tenant demand stood at +18%, while landlord instructions came in at -14%. Also,…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (238+ words) I’ve recently been asked a number of times if this still works under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, I guess because I wrote and published the first book on what the Renters’ Rights Bill 2024 proposed. My response is that for private…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (742+ words) All of us in the Scottish private rented sector understand the nature of difficult decisions. Many of us have friends and colleagues who are currently considering whether to remain in the sector, downsize their portfolios or simply leave it entirely....

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (412+ words) A professor has warned the Renters’ Rights Act has caused changes in the private rented sector which are proving “ineffective or have perverse outcomes”. Writing in the Telegraph, Tim Leunig, professor of economic history at the London School of Economics,…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (308+ words) Rightmove has added a rent review function to its Tenancy Manager platform to help letting agents adjust their processes following changes introduced by the Renters’ Rights Act. The update allows agents to create and serve a Section 13 rent increase notice…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (413+ words) Tenants who don’t have family or friends willing to act as guarantors could be narrowing their housing choices before the search has really got going, research suggests. More than half of surveyed tenants (51%), said they would look for a cheaper…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (364+ words) Landlords using letting agents may face slower communication and decisions as the Renters’ Rights Act adds to their administrative workloads. Research from Propoly found that 73% of letting agents have seen their workload rise since the legislation came into force on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (698+ words) The Building Safety Act 2022 has a reputation as tower-block law, and most landlords with a couple of houses or a handful of flats have filed it under someone else’s problem. That instinct is half right. The Act’s heaviest machinery really…...