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

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

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

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

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

Clyde Valley Lets - which describes itself as an ethical lettings agency - has unveiled a new website as the organisation...

A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...

Following the recent inquest into the tragic death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, agents are being offered free awareness...

A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...

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

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

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

A newspaper probe has discovered that sow-called exempt accommodation - often for the most vulnerable tenants - has received a Hugh...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...

Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

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

A new free-to-download app called My Rent Rewards claims to allow tenants to save towards their rent when they shop. The app,...

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...

A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...

The housing association Cadwyn is calling for private sector landlords with properties in Cardiff to lease their houses to those on...

Housing charity Shelter has announced the launch of a £600,000 fund it is hosting, with the aim of improving the private...

Fergus Wilson - the controversial buy to let landlord who with his wife once owned 1,000 homes - has named his...

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

The government has outlined increases in powers it wants to give social housing tenants - but no details of increases in social housing building. The...

A lettings agency operating in Cardiff has expanded its business and now donates 15 per cent of profits to a local...

A report on progress into the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s new code - introduced precisely a year ago - suggests more still...

Almost one in seven private renters are spending more than half of their total income on rent, in stark contrast to...

L&Q has launched 59 Build To Rent units on the site of the former Walthamstow greyhound racing stadium in London.   The operator...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell is organising a series of regional meetings for property professionals to give him their view of his...

The government has stepped in to clear up misunderstandings emerging from the Housing White Paper following its high profile call for...

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...

The largest Build To Rent deal in Bristol has been announced.  Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, will forward fund, acquire...

A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...

Housing association Radian is to build a £27m scheme of 113 Build To Rent homes in Bournemouth - its fourth BTR...

An initiative between the Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation will help charities and other organisations offer...

The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...

A group of MPs is raising concerns about a claim that 40 per cent of homes sold through the Right To...

Transport for London - which last year admitted it may enter the fast-emerging Build To Rent sector - has listed 13...

The Chartered Institute of House is setting up a new online qualification for anyone wishing to understand tenancies, property and tenancy...

There is reported to be a substantial majority amongst housing associations for the compromise deal over the government's controversial Right To...

G15, the largest group of London housing associations, says its members unanimously back a controversial Right to Buy compromise proposal. Under the...

The government is watering down its controversial new Right To Buy policy, by giving housing associations one week to sign up...

The Liberal Democrat party says it will use its members in the House of Lords to try to block the government's...

One of four MP candidates standing for the Labour Party leadership says Right To Buy should be extended - to private...

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much so that television pundits spent all night after the vote rubbishing...

I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...

Letting agents have received another warning from legal experts to familiarise themselves with new legislation introduced just before MPs broke up...