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Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into how letting agents operate within the private rental sector. It says...

A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...

The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...

Hamilton Fraser, well known as a provider of insurance products and services to letting agents and landlords, has been acquired by...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

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

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has renewed its call for letting agents and other property professionals to back an online...

An online petition urging MPs to make it compulsory for privately let properties to be subject to independent inventory reporting is...

In the past 20 years the UK private rental sector has exploded! The sector has grown from under 10% of housing...

MPs are today going to debate whether rent payments should be included when calculating credit scores to support tenants wanting to...

Angry landlords in Shropshire have set up an online petition against local council proposals to introduce selective licensing.    The Wrekin Landlords Association...

An online petition is being staged to voice opposition against the government's proposed ban on letting agents' fees levied on tenants...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...

An online petition aiming to get 100,000 signatures expressing opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes looks certain...

An online petition seeking the reversal of the Osborne clampdown on buy to let tax breaks has secured around 47,000 signatures...

An online petition asking the government to rethink its raft of tax measures imposed on buy to let landlords this year...

A property investment search portal has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament website, calling for a national register of...

The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...

The government’s response to the online petition against proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is “unfair, incoherent and missing...

Opponents of the government’s attempt to end tax breaks for the buy to let sector now have a new opportunity to...

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has broken the 10,000 signatures mark which means...

An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has so far attracted 6,300-plus signatures. The petition, which...

OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators regulate and work for the public. If you don’t know what...