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Even as he was being elected as Mayor of London for a record-beating third successive time, Sadiq Khan was under pressure...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

The Metropolitan Police has been advised by tenant activists and the London Mayor on developing rule changes for evictions. The changes include a presumption against...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

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

With the campaign for rent controls gathering momentum from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and sympathetic pressure groups, a right wing Conservative-backing...

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...

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

Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

Letting agents body ARLA Propertymark has joined the criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan who wants to be given the power...

Rent controls are being discussed again as candidates prepare for May's local elections. In London Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry -...

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

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

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

A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

The right wing Adam Smith Institute is the latest organisation to voice its strong opposition to Labour’s proposed rent controls for...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been told by a lettings industry body that he’ll lose votes if he introduces rent controls...

Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...

The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...

The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...

Two senior London politicians are backing a campaign to scrap the powers of agents and landlords to evict tenants under Section...

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...

A campaigning lettings agent says proposals to allow renters to transfer tenancy deposits between properties are to be welcomed – but...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has called for the London Mayor’s new rogue agents’ database to be extended to include those...

The Residential Landlords Association has broken ranks with the Association of Residential Letting Agents by opposing an ARLA-backed public database of...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...

The National Landlords Association has rejected a central plank of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for housing - the introduction of yet more...

Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...

Another 400 purpose-built Build To Rent apartments have been given the green light by planners in London.    Legal & General’s plans for...

London mayor says the private rental sector will play an increasing part in solving the capital’s housing shortage - but insists...

In one of the first signals that new London Mayor Sadiq Khan backs Build To Rent, his deputy responsible for housing...

A survey has revealed that 59 per cent of London landlords support forcing letting agents to publish a breakdown of what...

Before new London mayor Sadiq Khan has had his first working day in office, his proposals for a private rental sector...

The outgoing director of the Your Move chain of lettings agents says the new London mayor - whether Sadiq Khan or...

A London letting agent has expressed their dismay with a canvassing email sent by Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon. The...

Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published his manifesto which returns to the party’s recent themes of...

Campaigning charity Shelter says it is setting a lettings sector ‘test’ for candidates vying to become the next Mayor of London. “Early...

The Green Party candidate for London Mayor says protests outside the MIPIM property conference have her backing as they highlight that...

Sadiq Khan, Labour’s choice for London mayoral candidate, has set out his housing policies - with possible rent controls high on...

London Mayor and Tory leadership wannabee Boris Johnson wants rogue operators in the private rental sectors to be banned with repeat...

David Lammy, MP for Tottenham and one of Labour's prospective candidates for next year's London mayoral election, has warned that the...

One of five people vying for selection as Labour’s candidate in the 2016 London Mayoral election says private sector rents can...

There has been widespread criticism of Labour's proposals for the private rental sector. The policies will “backfire” according to the National Landlords’ Association.  "We understand...