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A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning that any proposed ban on so-called bidding wars will end up with...

A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...

A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...

The auction - often seen as an ideal opportunity for investment buyers - is going through a torrid time in the...

The anti-agent pro-renter group Acorn has protested outside some agents’ offices in Bristol demanding an end to rival bids for properties...

A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents.  Agents from businesses...

A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...