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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...

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 result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says.  An analysis...

The future of the UK lettings market will be determined by the July 4 election and now PropTech player Reapit |...

Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...

Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...

The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

An agent claims that if Labour wins the next General Election there will be what he calls “misguided meddling” across the...

Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...

A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

A Labour Baroness, Alicia Kennedy, has been named as the new director of the fiercely pro-tenant Generation Rent campaign group. The announcement...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

It’s been revealed this morning that there are two legal challenges being mounted against the Right To Rent policy, which obliges...

The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched its Quarter Two Landlords Survey. The research study has been launched hot on the heels...

A senior Labour spokesman has refused to rule out rent controls as a possible manifesto commitment for the June 8 General...

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

A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of being “a bit rich” in its willingness to jail letting agents or...

Liberal Democrat MPs in the Commons and the Lords have tabled motions aimed at stopping the Right To Rent policy, which...

The managing director of the mortgages division of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, says George...

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...

Labour MP David Lammy and Kevin Hollinrake, the founder of Hunters - and now a Conservative MP - have clashed online...

This week the Chancellor, George Osborne, delivered the first Conservative Budget for almost 20 years. While Mr Osborne claimed that it marked...

As estate agents, business people and just plain people for that matter, we can't help looking at the way our society...