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Ascend, which says it’s now the UK’s largest third-party operator of single-family Build To Rent homes, has recruited a new associated...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...

Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...

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

Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...

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

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

It looks as if the government is accepting that there is a problem with how banks treat Pooled Client Accounts -...

The chief executive of Propertymark has reiterated his call for the government to make investment in buy to let attractive. Nathan Emerson says:...

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

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

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

Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...

Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...

The letting agent’s trade body Propertymark is concerned that the court system could buckle if eviction case numbers rise as a...

The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

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

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

Propertymark has reiterated its opposition to rent controls in its latest statement on proposals in Northern Ireland. The NI Assembly has published...

Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...

The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...

The government has issued new guidance notes on the Tenant Fees Act, aimed at agents, landlords and tenants. The publications come ahead...

There’s been a strong start to the year for Build To Rent with news that a real estate investment trust dedicated...

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its opposition to Right To Rent, and is backing two legal challenges to the measure. Letting...

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...

A group of rural landlords has called on the government to clarify Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) legislation being introduced next...

Citizens Advice has spoken out about soon-to-be-banned letting agent fees charged to tenants. The organisation's 'A State of Disrepair' report says that...

As the industry awaits the delivery of today's Spring Budget, the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called on the government...

The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Two interviews given by a deputy governor of the Bank of England appear to suggest that there will soon be additional...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...

Landlords and agents are being warned to remain vigilant as new figures reveal the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK.  Direct...