The UK’s leading lettings industry association has claimed that rents are beginning to rise significantly as the predicted outcome of the tenant fees ban begins to roll-out across the housing market. Agents who have reported rising rents increased to its highest proportion during June, the month following the beginning of the fees ban, the latest rental market snapshot ...

The RLA has conducted its most wide ranging landlord research yet concerning government announced plans to ban Section 21 so called ‘no fault’ evictions. The research included feedback from over 6000 Private Landlords and strongly contradicts the Government, Press and Shelter assumption that the majority of tenants evicted under section 21 are for no fault. The ...

Both sides of the Right To Rent debate are squaring up for their latest court battle. Earlier this year the High Court ruled that elements of the existing Right To Rent legislation breached equalities law. Under the Right to Rent scheme agents or landlords are responsible for checking the immigration status of their tenants with the prospect of prosecution if they know or ...