Week Ending 25/11/2016

Majority of People Want the Lettings Industry to be Regulated
Landlord News (18/11/2016)

‘Politicians sporting a hard hat and hi-vis jacket, waving a clay brick’: The 19-year merry-go-round that has seen 14 housing ministers fail 
Mail on Sunday (18/11/2016)

Is Airbnb making the London housing crisis worse?
International Business Times UK (19/11/2016)

Landlords held to be not responsible for paying council tax if a tenant moves out early Property Industry Eye (21/11/2016)

Top agency says government seen as anti-landlord, pure and simple 
Letting Agent Today (21/11/2016)

Property industry calls for boost to Build to Rent Landlord News (22/11/2016)

Rent Smart Wales delays admitted by minister Carl Sargeant 
BBC News Wales (22/11/2016)

Letting fee ban is ‘draconian’ say agents as shares fall Sky News (23/11/2016)

Letting agent fees banned in Autumn Statement in ANOTHER assault on UK’s small landlordsDaily Express (23/11/2016)

Airbnb perk at Metro Bank means mortgage customers can let their home for three months a year without prior permission Mail on Sunday (23/11/2016)

English rents at second-highest level ever: Your Move 
Mortgage Strategy (23/11/2016)

SIMON LAMBERT: It’s easy for landlords to avoid becoming villains in the tenants fee ban, they should just ditch rip-off agents
Mail on Sunday (24/11/2016)

Controversial anti-fees Renters’ Rights Bill likely to be heavily amended
Letting Agent Today (24/11/2016)

Why was no one asked before bombshell? Consultation on fees ban to be launched in New YearProperty Industry Eye (24/11/2016)

Will lettings fee ban prompt rental inflation? How the Scottish market reacted Property Industry Eye (24/11/2016)

Landlords seeing the Autumn Statement as a missed opportunity
Landlord News (24/11/2016)

Call for Welsh letting agency fee ban after England move
BBC Wales (24/11/2016)

Meeting of Fair Fees Working Group to go ahead today despite ban
Property Industry Eye (25/11/2016)

Will Lettings Fee Ban Force Landlords Out of the Sector?
Landlord News (24/11/2016)

The rise in buy-to-let through limited companies What Mortgage (25/11/2016)

Have agents played a part in the ban on fees by putting profits before reputations? Property Industry Eye (25/11/2016)

55,000 private landlords register for licences in Wales Loan Talk (24/11/2016)