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Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...

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

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

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

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

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

Propertymark has renewed its call for Local Housing Allowance  - which has remained static since 2020 - to be increased. It says...

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

Scottish rents in the private sector rose at a faster rate than the rest of Britain according to analysis by DJ...

Numbers of possessions have soared in Scotland since the introduction of a rent cap and eviction ban according to DJ Alexander,...

RMT rail union leader Mick Lynch and Labour leaders including Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan are leading a call for an...

Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...

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 controversial ban on private rental sector rent rises and evictions is to continue in Scotland for another six months at...

Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...

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

A prominent businessman has told the Scottish media that the country’s rent freeze policy has led to two major housing schemes...

No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...

Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...

Agents have only until the end of tomorrow, December 2, to feed into Propertymark’s response to a new consultation on the...

A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...

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

Another political party is calling for a winter eviction ban as the first part of a reform programme for the private...

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

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

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

There’s been a wide range of angry reactions to the Scottish Government’s passing of an emergency rent freeze and eviction ban...

In Scotland - where a rent freeze kicked in last weekend - Scottish private rents have fallen nearly 15 in real...

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 Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...

The Times says some Build to Rent investment has been paused as a result of the rent freeze imposed by the...

Headline-grabbing demands for more regulation and rent freezes risk frightening buy to let investors away, a leading analyst warns. Doug Shephard is...

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

The landlords’ main trade body is directly challenging a Tory MP who has called for a rent freeze. Natalie Elphicke - in...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The controversial rent...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Rightmove will host...

A prominent supporter of new Prime Minister Liz Truss has spoken out against rent controls.  Veteran Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, who...

Activist renters want Liz Truss to follow Scotland’s lead and introduce a rent freeze and eviction ban.  The emergency measures - announced...

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

An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...

A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...

A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...

A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan's call for a rent freeze in the capital. Yesterday, ahead...

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

Only two out of every 10 private rental sector landlords say they are willing to let to tenants in receipt of...

Stephen Moss, CEO of based Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made a detailed case against so-called 'rent stabilisation' measures advocated by some on the...