The Tenant Fee ban is great news for tenants.  Housing Minister, Heather Wheeler MP, said that, “The new measures in our Tenant Fees Bill will save renters around £240 million a year by banning unfair letting fees and capping tenancy deposits.” That’s a considerable sum of money. The question many agents are still asking is how will the costs of setting up a tenancy ...

All private landlords in the UK are to be forced to join a redress scheme, the Government has revealed, scooping up an estimated 1.5 million landlords into regulation. The announcement is part of a wide-ranging package of regulatory measures revealed by Secretary of State for Housing James Brokenshire following last year’s consultation on the subject. Brokenshire plans ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that mandatory five year electrical installation checks on private rented housing in England will be introduced in a phased approach. Whilst the implementation date has not yet been clarified, MHCLG has stated its intention to introduce legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows, with ...