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06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims. The...
05 August 2024
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The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...
07 June 2024
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A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...
20 March 2024
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Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...
24 January 2024
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A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says it’s spotted what may be the first sign of a U-turn on one aspect of the controversial Renters Reform...
26 May 2023
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Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...
17 May 2023
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Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A senior Savills figure, who chairs the trade body known as The Lettings Industry Council, has issued a warning to the...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Once again there is uncertainty over the future of the small lettings division of Purplebricks. The threat of redundancy hangs over staff...
25 October 2022
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Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies. It has...
16 August 2022
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Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...
02 August 2022
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A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...
27 July 2022
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Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...
29 June 2022
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Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...
28 June 2022
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Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...
03 May 2022
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Purplebricks has revealed that it will cost some £3.6m to correct compliance issues in its lettings division. The agency continues to stay...
31 January 2022
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Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...
04 January 2022
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The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...
28 July 2021
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In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...
26 June 2020
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It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...
17 February 2020
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A trade magazine and a national newspaper are reporting anger amongst landlords, tenants and housing groups following the discovery of a...
02 February 2017
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An assessment undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows property taxes accounted for 12.7 per cent of the...
13 December 2016
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The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
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The line-up has been revealed for the so-called "Tenants’ Tax Summit” this week - the campaign rally for supporters of a...
07 June 2016
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More criticism of Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of buy to let reforms has appeared in the mainstream media, with much emphasis...
01 April 2016
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A Conservative peer has criticised the government's ongoing attacks on the private lettings industry saying that the Cameron administration should be...
18 March 2016
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The Guild of Professional Estate Agents has secured sponsorship from the Daily Telegraph for its annual awards to be held in...
19 January 2016
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An analysis by a national newspaper shows that investors purchasing buy to let properties with mortgages are likely to lose money...
11 January 2016
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It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...
30 November 2015
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The head of a landlords’ association has warned the Conservative government not to demonise buy to let investors who typically have...
16 November 2015
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“Unthought-through”, “unfair and unreasonable” and leading to “extreme confusion” - those are the thoughts of Britain’s leading professional accounting body on...
19 October 2015
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As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...
05 October 2015
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Two of Britain's most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, claim demand from prospective tenants is at a record high with...
01 October 2015
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The Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...
16 September 2015
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The controversial Right To Rent immigration checks on tenants conducted by letting agents and landlords in the West Midlands since early...
29 June 2015
From: Breaking News
This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...