We are pleased to announce that we will hold a meet-up in Wales on 18 October 2022, primarily about preparing for conversion to the new occupation contracts.

We are thrilled to announce our new website is available for testing today (22 September 2022).

During the coronavirus pandemic, right-to-rent identification checks could be carried out using a digital copy of the applicant’s acceptable documents. The person granting the occupation could then check the person’s ID via live video call.

From 01 October 2022, the digital documents element of this process is no longer permitted. An applicant must now provide the original document in person to the agent or landlord to complete the check, but this can still be via a video call.

Buy to let landlords must fit carbon monoxide alarms in rooms lived in by tenants with a fixed combustion appliance from October 1 2022.

Mortgages are drying up as lenders puzzle over how the pound dropping like a stone against the dollar will impact interest rates and house prices.

Labour plans a massive reboot of the private rented sector if the party wins the 2024 General Election.

Music fans hoping to visit Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest have had their room bookings cancelled – only for hotels and landlords to put them straight back on sale for hundreds of pounds more.

Landlords should check the licensing status of the homes they rent out after one management company was slammed with an £85,000 bill to repay rent paid by tenants when the property was let without a licence.