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09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law. The UK data protection regulator...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Following the recent inquest into the tragic death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, agents are being offered free awareness...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A new free-to-download app called My Rent Rewards claims to allow tenants to save towards their rent when they shop. The app,...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The housing association Cadwyn is calling for private sector landlords with properties in Cardiff to lease their houses to those on...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Housing charity Shelter has announced the launch of a £600,000 fund it is hosting, with the aim of improving the private...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Gavin Barwell is organising a series of regional meetings for property professionals to give him their view of his...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News
The government has stepped in to clear up misunderstandings emerging from the Housing White Paper following its high profile call for...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News
The largest Build To Rent deal in Bristol has been announced. Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, will forward fund, acquire...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News
A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News
An initiative between the Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme Charitable Foundation will help charities and other organisations offer...
08 March 2016
From: Breaking News
The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Transport for London - which last year admitted it may enter the fast-emerging Build To Rent sector - has listed 13...
05 February 2016
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There is reported to be a substantial majority amongst housing associations for the compromise deal over the government's controversial Right To...
06 October 2015
From: Breaking News
G15, the largest group of London housing associations, says its members unanimously back a controversial Right to Buy compromise proposal. Under the...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News
The government is watering down its controversial new Right To Buy policy, by giving housing associations one week to sign up...
25 September 2015
From: Breaking News
The Liberal Democrat party says it will use its members in the House of Lords to try to block the government's...