Peers urged to reject selective licensing on final day of Renters’ Rights Bill report stage

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Propertymark has warned members of the House of Lords to avoid supporting selective licensing schemes, ahead of the final day of the Renters’ Rights Bill report stage today.

Lord Peers will debate a series of key amendments today (Tuesday July 15)

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Converting empty homes into HMOs could help solve housing crisis

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Thousands of empty homes could become Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) according to new research.

Property management platform COHO, claim the way to solve the housing crisis is to return empty homes to the market as HMOs.

Currently

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“Landlord Whales”: the Super-Landlords quietly exiting the sector for big cheques

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Over the last 6 months, the top UK landlords have been quietly exiting the sector. Likened to the “whales” of the crypto industry, they’ve been tapping out one by one, cashing in large cheques for their portfolios, mostly under the radar.

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What can I do if my tenant is in hospital and not paying rent?

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Hi, any advice would be welcome. My tenant has been in hospital for 5 months and is in a bad way. He lives alone, with no family support and is unlikely to work in the near future.

We have been skating

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Landlords selling up sparks concern among student renters

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Student renters are worried about how landlords are selling up ahead of the Renters’ Rights Bill, claims a new survey.

According to Housing Hand, student renters are worried about how the bill will impact them and the loss of rental properties.

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Is It Time to Change the Narrative?

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At Property118, we have always aimed to present a truthful and unflinching view of the challenges faced by landlords. For over a decade, we have addressed some of the most difficult topics in our sector. From Section 24 and the erosion of finance cost relief

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Oh dear, Angela Rayner. What can landlords do to help you on LHA?

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As Ronan Keating once said: “You say it best, when you say nothing at all”,  Angela’s appearance in front of a friendly Parliamentary committee was an education in how much the government’s housing experts really don’t know about the sector.

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Rightmove promises a revolution in tenant finding for landlords

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Landlords are being promised a streamlined tenant selection process by Rightmove which is integrating its enhanced leads feature with letting agents’ CRM systems.

It says the development will deliver faster, more accurate matches for rental properties.

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Angela Rayner accuses landlords of profiting from local housing allowance

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Angela Rayner has rejected calls to unfreeze the local housing allowance (LHA) arguing that increasing LHA rates would simply funnel more money to landlords.

In a Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (HCLG) session on the spending review

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Tenant demand is flat as fewer landlords offer homes – RICS

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Both the PRS and residential property sectors are showing tentative signs of recovery, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) says.

Its UK Residential Market Survey for June found that while the lettings market grapples with persistent challenges

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