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One of the largest lettings portals in Scotland is warning that plans by the government north of the border to introduce rent...

One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...

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

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

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

Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...

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

Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...

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

The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...

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

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

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

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

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

Propertymark’s monthly political and government update webinars are set to continue in 2024 - General Election year. A statement from the trade...

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

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

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

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...

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

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

The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

Propertymark has issued a statement warning politicians not to introduce rent controls by the backdoor through processes which tinker with the...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...

Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country.  It says rental...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

The Renters (Reform) Bill rewrites many of the rules that the private rented sector has played by for decades. This may...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

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

Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...

One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...

A prominent lettings agency chief wants a raft of measures to help the private rental sector and investors in next week’s...

The U-turn by politicians in Scotland who ended a complete rent freeze doesn’t go far enough, says Propertymark. At the end of...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

An influential housing body has criticised the Green and SNP politicians behind the Scottish Government’s rent cap, which has been renewed...

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

A prominent lettings agent has resumed his attack on politicians for failing to build sufficient numbers of social housing properties -...

One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...

South Hams council in south Devon - one of the UK’s top holiday spots - has unanimously agreed proposals for second...

A respected agent is warning that a proposal to increase stamp duty on additional homes could kill off the rental market...

The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...

Propertymark’s head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, will explain how investment in the private rented sector can be better incentivised when...

There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

It’s being reported in Scotland that Propertymark, along with other lettings sector trade bodies, are seeking legal advice on that country’s...

Welsh nationalists have called for a rent freeze and eviction ban to emulate that happening now in Scotland. Plaid Cymru, the party...

Propertymark says there’s already been a decline in the number of homes available for rent in Scotland because of rising costs...

Emergency legislation containing a private sector rent freeze is to be debated by Scottish politicians this week - and the surprise...

The rental sector remains strong according to the latest market survey by Propertymark. The number of new tenants registered on average per...

The Belvoir Group is warning that the housing crisis within the Scottish private rental sector is rapidly worsening, thanks to the...

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

A prominent lettings agency chief executive has lashed out at the “cheap political points” being scored by politicians in Scotland who...

Propertymark is calling on letting agents to share their thoughts and experiences on the impact of Airbnb and other short lets.  At...

The government is relying on the private rented sector to bolster its high-profile Homes for Ukraine programme - despite a series...

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...

AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...

Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...

Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...

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

Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

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

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...

One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...

An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...

A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...

ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...

The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...

A 68-page academic report urges governments not to adopt hard controls that simply freeze rents - even though it acknowledges that...

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

The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

An agency has secured what it calls the fastest ever letting of a mansion on the legendary north London street, Bishops...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...

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

The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...