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Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...

As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...

Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...

A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...

It looks as if the Labour Party is turning its back on rent controls on England and Wales. In the past year...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...

Propertymark has renewed its call for Local Housing Allowance  - which has remained static since 2020 - to be increased. It says...

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...

Scottish rents in the private sector rose at a faster rate than the rest of Britain according to analysis by DJ...

A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...

Numbers of possessions have soared in Scotland since the introduction of a rent cap and eviction ban according to DJ Alexander,...

Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget  While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...

A prominent lettings agency chief wants a raft of measures to help the private rental sector and investors in next week’s...

RMT rail union leader Mick Lynch and Labour leaders including Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan are leading a call for an...

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

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...

The U-turn by politicians in Scotland who ended a complete rent freeze doesn’t go far enough, says Propertymark. At the end of...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

An influential housing body has criticised the Green and SNP politicians behind the Scottish Government’s rent cap, which has been renewed...

The controversial ban on private rental sector rent rises and evictions is to continue in Scotland for another six months at...

Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...

A prominent lettings agent has resumed his attack on politicians for failing to build sufficient numbers of social housing properties -...

A prominent businessman has told the Scottish media that the country’s rent freeze policy has led to two major housing schemes...

No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...

Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...

Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...

Agents have only until the end of tomorrow, December 2, to feed into Propertymark’s response to a new consultation on the...

Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...

A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...

The Financial Times has an exclusive saying allowances on property taxes such as Capital Gains and Inheritance will be frozen -...

Propertymark has reiterated its opposition to rent controls in its latest statement on proposals in Northern Ireland. The NI Assembly has published...

Another political party is calling for a winter eviction ban as the first part of a reform programme for the private...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...

It’s being reported in Scotland that Propertymark, along with other lettings sector trade bodies, are seeking legal advice on that country’s...

There’s been a wide range of angry reactions to the Scottish Government’s passing of an emergency rent freeze and eviction ban...

In Scotland - where a rent freeze kicked in last weekend - Scottish private rents have fallen nearly 15 in real...

Welsh nationalists have called for a rent freeze and eviction ban to emulate that happening now in Scotland. Plaid Cymru, the party...

Propertymark says there’s already been a decline in the number of homes available for rent in Scotland because of rising costs...

Emergency legislation containing a private sector rent freeze is to be debated by Scottish politicians this week - and the surprise...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...

Build To Rent operator Sigma Capital Group Limited, which markets its homes under the private rental brand Simple Life, claims newer...

The Times says some Build to Rent investment has been paused as a result of the rent freeze imposed by the...

Headline-grabbing demands for more regulation and rent freezes risk frightening buy to let investors away, a leading analyst warns. Doug Shephard is...

A high profile agent has renewed his attack on politicians. David Alexander - who heads up DJ Alexander, part of the Lomond...

The landlords’ main trade body is directly challenging a Tory MP who has called for a rent freeze. Natalie Elphicke - in...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The controversial rent...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Rightmove will host...

A prominent supporter of new Prime Minister Liz Truss has spoken out against rent controls.  Veteran Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, who...

Activist renters want Liz Truss to follow Scotland’s lead and introduce a rent freeze and eviction ban.  The emergency measures - announced...

A prominent lettings agency chief executive has lashed out at the “cheap political points” being scored by politicians in Scotland who...

An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...

Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...

A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...

A business consultancy is warning that buy to let sellers in the current market are likely to be squeezed - and...

A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...

A 68-page academic report urges governments not to adopt hard controls that simply freeze rents - even though it acknowledges that...

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Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

Earlier this week Propertymark revealed it had co-signed an open letter criticising proposed government cuts to benefits.  That open letter was co-signed...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has made a new call for power to cap private rents. He’s claimed that rents in the...

There’s been an urgent change to the arrears process over the weekend to dovetail with the government’s new Breathing Space initiative. From...

There’s widespread concern that a freeze on the Local Housing Allowance will worsen rental arrears. Although Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to mention...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan's call for a rent freeze in the capital. Yesterday, ahead...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

Plans to end the freeze on housing benefits will still leave many tenants unable to afford rent say landlords. Following the announcement...

A PropTech platform that earlier this year was reported to be valued at £2.8m is making an unusual offer to letting...

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...

Universal Credit is causing tenants to fall behind with their rent according to lettings sector trade body the Residential Landlords Association. It...

Foxtons has announced that it is officially freezing its fees to landlords. The move was previewed in Foxtons’ recent trading statement which...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

The Residential Landlords Association has given its backing to Zoopla’s ban on agents and landlords advertising properties to rent as ‘No...

A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...

The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...