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The abolition of Section 21 isn’t really that big a deal, a prominent lettings agent claims. Kristjan Byfield, who runs the base...

New figures showing no slowdown in the rate of private rental inflation is just additional “misery” for tenants, a leading financial...

The Bank of England has cut base rate from 5.25% to 5.0% - its first cut in four years. It was a...

Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...

Propertymark says the new Labour leader in Wales, Baroness Eluned Morgan, should make an early stand against rent controls for the...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

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

The resignation of Labour’s First Minister of Wales has raised alarm with Propertymark. Vaughan Gething quit yesterday after the Welsh Housing Secretary...

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...

Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

Details have emerged of the first major events of the new government, whatever the result of the General Election on Thursday. Probably...

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

A new in-person real-time chat service for tenants claims to “assist all aspects of the rental experience.” The service comes from a...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...

The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

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

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails.  Over...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...

A row has broken out over Section 21 between Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and an all-party...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

A lettings and property management platform has broken ranks with much of the industry over the Renters Reform Bill.  While most agents...

Older private renters must have their voices heard In support of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the view of Joanna Elson, chief...

The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...

UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...

Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...

An industry body - the Property Energy Professionals Association - has condemned the Prime Minister’s abandonment of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...

The government should “just get on with implementing the Renters Reform Bill” an industry figure says.  Jonathan Rolande of the National Association...

A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...

A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...

Fewer than one in five homeowners support the government’s plans to ban gas boilers in new homes by 2025, with 83...

The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...

The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...

A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...

The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...

A legal advice service for landlords and their agents says it’s identified several areas with particularly lengthy delays in finding court...

Propertymark is pressing Housing Secretary Michael Gove to adopt a housing court system to solve the problem of abandoned tenancies. The agents...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service - introduced this month - will make possession court case delays even worse. That’s the...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...

New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...

The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning.  Dutton Gregory’s...

A study by consumer intelligence service TwentyCi shows a continued severe under-supply of properties in the private rental sector.  It says that...

The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...

The directors of Winkworth are warning shareholders of a challenging period thanks to higher and faster-raising interest rates - with only...

A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...

Interim inspections are a necessity if you want to avoid property issues and tenant relationship breakdowns. They’re a no brainer –...

The results of a new survey show widespread ignorance about how interest rates work and about how the Bank of England’s...

A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

A chief executive who pledged to beef up her agency’s lettings division - but failed to do so - is leaving...

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

New government figures show how overdue the government's reform of private renting is, claims campaigning charity Shelter. The charity says the figures...

An unnamed Conservative MP cited in a newspaper claims up to 30 colleagues may vote against the Renters Reform Bill in...

The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the weak figures posted for 2022 are actually in line with management expectations. The franchise giant...

An agent has spoken out about a proposal to allow huge council tax rises on second homes and empty properties. New Scottish...

The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...

The government has delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document - it had been expected today.  The How to Rent...

A prominent lettings agency has called for a delay to the government’s EPC upgrade timetable to be announced in this afternoon’s...

A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...

A coalition of tenant activists has called a Day of Action to protest at delays in the government’s rental reform agenda. The...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...

The National Crime Agency has the starring role at the first Rightmove Anti-Money Laundering webinar of the year, to be held next...