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March 25th 2015

Agents ‘forecast industry damage’ if Labour wins election

Seven in ten letting agents believe that landlords would quit the industry if Labour wins the General

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March 25th 2015

Voids at lowest level in 13 years says Paragon

Annual void periods in the private rental sector have fallen to their lowest level since 2002 according

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March 24th 2015

Scrapping of landlords’ tax break comes under fire

Plans to scrap a tax break designed to improve conditions in rental properties have come under fire.

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March 24th 2015

Agents back curbs on councils licensing tax

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a bid by the government to

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March 23rd 2015

Landlord fined £12,000 for illegal gas checks

A landlord from Torquay illegally carried out annual gas safety checks at his properties despite not being

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March 23rd 2015

Worries mount over ‘catastrophic’ plans to allow sub-letting

Concern is continuing to mount over plans buried away in the Budget’s small print which will mean

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March 20th 2015

Landlord of damp and dangerous homes ordered to pay £70,000

A landlord said to own properties managed by her partner’s letting agency has been hit with a

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March 20th 2015

Average rent jumps and arrears rise

The average rent across England and Wales is 3.1% higher than February last year, the greatest year-on-year

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March 19th 2015

Landlord fined £13,500 because of squalid flats

A landlord has been fined £13,500 because of the squalid conditions of his rental property.  Environmental health

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March 19th 2015

Budget surprise for rented sector – all tenants to be allowed to sub-let

After the Chancellor sat down, it emerged that there are plans to make it illegal to prevent

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