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A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...
04 July 2024
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The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...
30 April 2024
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Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...
24 April 2024
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Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...
16 April 2024
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New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
23 November 2023
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Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...
31 October 2023
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The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...
22 May 2023
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England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...
03 February 2023
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Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...
20 January 2023
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A prominent independent lettings agency says the typical tenant outside of London now spends 63 per cent of their household income...
09 December 2022
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A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched. Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...
16 November 2022
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An online rental platform warns the average rent bill could reach as much as £2,270/month if prices rise in line with...
11 November 2022
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Crossrail rental values have climbed by 15 per cent on average in the last year alone - before this week’s opening...
25 May 2022
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A council-run private rental sector lettings agency which so far claims to manage 300 properties it launching an advertising campaign to...
06 May 2022
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A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...
02 March 2022
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A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...
21 February 2022
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A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...
04 February 2022
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Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...
10 December 2021
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Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...
11 November 2021
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A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...
24 August 2021
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London’s mass transit service, Transport for London, has won consent for 853 homes at a huge scheme in the west of the...
22 January 2021
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New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
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A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
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The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...
14 April 2020
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Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...
25 November 2019
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The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...
23 September 2019
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New research has thrown light for the first time on the gap between the rental affordability of male and female workers...
20 September 2019
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A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....
09 August 2019
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...
18 July 2019
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A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...
07 June 2019
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Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...
05 July 2018
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The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...
19 June 2018
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Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...
02 May 2018
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Experts suggest that Build To Rent is likely to be heavily promoted when the government announces its latest revamp to the...
05 March 2018
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A housing charity has called for the government to build more affordable social homes for rent to help families 'trapped' in...
20 February 2018
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Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...
06 April 2017
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Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...
06 February 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants the government to allocate more spending and greater political priority to housing, after new...
12 February 2016
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Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is the latest to say he would consider rent controls in the private sector if he...
07 August 2015
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Changes announced to the amount of money ordinary home owners can secure, tax-free, from letting out rooms in their homes have...