Evictions specialists say punishing landlords and agents for not reaching property quality minimums should go hand in hand with measures to stop tenants unnecessarily refusing access.

Owners selling up as new 182 days occupancy rules for holiday lets are impossible for the majority to achieve according to Nicky Williamson of The Professional Association of Self Caterers.

Adam Day of EXP UK says the network is now the largest self-employed estate agent platform within the industry.

More than half of property sales are agreed within two months, with an average of 36 days, new figures from the portal show.

Acorn says that lifting tenants out of fuel poverty and decarbonising homes is ‘more important than landlords’ profits' as EPC rules loom.

Labour’s proposal to replace leasehold with commonhold risks handing residents responsibilities they can’t handle, according to respected London agent.

Co-founder of iamproperty says while the latest Stamp Duty stampede is over, the glacial transaction process must be fixed and soon.