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3 days ago · One in five landlords plan to reduce portfolio size in 2025, with the government’s high-profile Renters Rights Bill the key reason for doing so The Bill had its second reading in the House of Lords yesterday, just hours after the chief executive of finance firm Octane Capital gave figures from his ...

2 days ago · A record number of landlords – now fewer than 88% – have no confidence in the current private rental sector, a figure that increases to 90% in London. The data comes from flat sharing website SpareRoom, which says that its survey shows over a third (34%) of landlords planning to leave the sector ...

Rents in England dipped again in December, according to PropTech service Goodlord. It’s the fifth consecutive month of rental cost reductions. The decline follows a record-breaking summer of price rises. Overall, December rents were down by nearly 2% month-on-month, meaning rents last month were a ...

Jan 9, 2025 · Some 59% of Propertymark agents reported that rents remained generally static, with 17% reporting a fall and 24% reporting increases. Reporting the data, Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says: “Legislation that will impact the lettings market across England is also moving at pace through Westminster in the form of the Righters’ Rights Bill. This will fundamentally change key ...

Dec 14, 2024 · If there’s one thing we can be sure of in the UK property market, it’s that things rarely stand still – and 2024 has been no exception, introducing both legislative reforms set to reshape landlord-tenant dynamics and shifting economic …

4 days ago · The Law Society is warning that the Rental Rights Bill – which takes centre stage in the House of Lords today – could prompt a wave of legal disputes. The society backs the idea of the Bill, saying that in particular it welcomes the end of Section 21 evictions and a ban on so-called bidding wars ...

Feb 1, 2025 · Data gathered by Propertymark suggests that 50% of surveyed property agents are specifically concerned about the Renters’ Rights Bill. Overall, Propertymark believes change is needed in the sector and supports many of the greater protections that the Renters’ Rights Bill will provide renters with.

If 2024 felt like a pressure cooker for landlords, 2025 is shaping up to be a year of recalibration. From a spiralling possession crisis to an evolving legal framework and high mortgage rates, landlords have faced unprecedented challenges.

Having passed its second reading in the House of Commons in October, and due to become law by summer 2025, Kate Rigby – Partner in Rosling King’s Dispute Resolution team – analyses what impact the Renters’ Rights Bill will have on the rental market and that of the rights of both tenants and landlords. Summary . The Renters’ Rights Bill (the “Bill”) introduced by the Labour ...