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Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding political uncertainty. In the...

Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...

Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...

New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...

Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...

The veteran founder of Hunters, Kevin Hollinrake, is reported to be in the race to be Conservative Party leader.  He is MP...

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

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it welcomes the new Labour government’s ambitious housing plans - but it also casts...

Propertymark has struck a lukewarm tone in its response to Labour’s housing ambitions. The trade body says that to meet its manifesto...

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 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...

Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

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

A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...

If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...

Details have emerged of the first major events of the new government, whatever the result of the General Election on Thursday. Probably...

New rules on renewing leases may take years to come into effect, a leading property lawyer warns. The Leasehold Reform Act became...

The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...

A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

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

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

The Property Institute - a body for the residential property management sector - has announced the appointment of a Labour baroness...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...

A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...

As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...

A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...

The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...

Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...

Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank.  Average rents...

A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...

A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...

Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...

Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...

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

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

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

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

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

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

A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails.  Over...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

A group of rental activists claims that police in England are disproportionately using a 19th century law that criminalises rough sleeping...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Measures contained in the Renters Reform Bill will fail without sufficient resources to ensure they can be enforced. The warning comes from...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...

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

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

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

A row has broken out over Section 21 between Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and an all-party...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister during the short lived premiership of Liz Truss. Rowley...

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

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

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

A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...

A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...

The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...

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

The private rental sector could play a far greater role in helping to end homelessness in Scotland, according to a new...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...

Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...

Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...