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Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

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

Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

A growing number of tenants say they want to stay put in their rented home even if the landlord sells up. A...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which last week suggested landlords were more likely to quit buy to let because they grew old...

The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...

A campaign to reduce Capital Gains Tax paid by landlords when selling their rented home to sitting tenants has won the...

The proportion of properties bought by landlords with a sitting tenant has reached the highest level since 2005, according to Countrywide. The...