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Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...

Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...

New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

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

Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

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...

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

Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...

The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...

PropTech supplier Goodlord this week launches what it calls “a manifesto” demanding government help for the lettings industry.  Few details of the...

New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes.  A statement from the Senedd...

A council is introducing a service which it claims will help identify properties which cannon future be used as private rental...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

The director of a property development firm says Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer must do more to boost housing supply as...

The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...

Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...

The details of the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill will be the main focus of the Propertymark annual conference in Belfast...

The euphoria caused by the stamp duty cuts announced just before the weekend has given way to a realisation that they...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

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

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...

Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...

The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...

Major players in the Build To Rent sector are joining forces to see if they can give the industry a more...

Chris Hope, senior partner at Dawsons and Fine & Country agencies, will be one of the main speakers at a prestigious...

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...

Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...

The shadow housing minister, John Healey, has started to flesh out the details of Labour's proposed rent controls, announced by Jeremy...

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

Green Party politician Andy Wightman claims that £10.6m in taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private...

A new report by think tank IPPR supports those who feel the so-called ‘sharing economy’ - short lets via Airbnb and...

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...

Legal & General Capital, which is set to be one of the biggest names in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector...

Respected credit ratings agency Fitch says buy to let will thrive for the next 12 to 24 months but the effects...

A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...

Build to Rent development in London is over double that in the rest of the UK with over 14,276 units in...

Over 60 per cent of private sector landlords face being pushed from the basic to higher rates of income tax as...

One in four households in the UK will be privately renting by 2025 - that’s the conclusion of research by respected...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...

Around 40 developers, property consultants and block managers have sent an open letter to the new government - being elected today...