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Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...

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

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

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

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months, despite widespread opposition from the lettings...

A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...

Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...

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

A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...

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

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

A holiday lettings company says it’s the first in the industry to introduce a voluntary cap on the number of bookings...

Research by deposit protection provider mydeposits has revealed that the average deposit paid has fallen year on year since the start...

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...

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

Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...

A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...

ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...

Cornish MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons to highlight what they claim is the danger of having too...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

The Tenant Fees Act comes into effect in England tomorrow - but a senior lettings expert is questioning whether it will...

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday May 10,...

A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

One of the industry’s highest profile trade bodies has rebranded with a new logo and heavily revised website.  The National Landlords Association...

A large shake up of the private rental sector begins in Scotland tomorrow with the introduction of Private Residential Tenancies replacing...

The government's plan to cap tenancy deposits at six weeks rent threatens to cost Britain’s renters an average of £1391 –...

The shadow housing minister, John Healey, has started to flesh out the details of Labour's proposed rent controls, announced by Jeremy...

The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

Over 1,000 guests celebrated the success of the industry at the 14th annual ESTAS awards on Friday. The event, which is sponsored...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

The head of a major lettings agency in Brighton says fees can work out to be “disproportionately high for tenants” but...

Letting agencies and landlords must club together to campaign for a cap on agents' fees charged to tenants, rather than an...

An online petition is being staged to voice opposition against the government's proposed ban on letting agents' fees levied on tenants...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has stepped into the heated debate about letting agents’ charges by launching what it calls a...

easyProperty says it’s backing a Labour MP’s bid to cap letting agents‘ fees on tenants “in order to provide a more...

Typical rents in Scotland are down from £757 per month to £747 according to Citylets - just as the Private Housing...

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

The rise and rise of Airbnb - the global online short-lets system that could be used by landlords to short-circuit letting...

One of the Labour hopefuls for the 2016 mayoral election in London has called for the introduction of rent caps in...

Earlier this week the housing charity Shelter confounded many in the private rented sector by concluding on its website that tough rent...

Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...

Campaigning charity Shelter appears for the first time to have acnowledged that rent caps may backfire and end up harming tenants...

A London estate agency has launched a management service for owners of vacant homes in the capital.  MyLondonHome, founded in 2002, says...

A new director of The Property Ombudsman in Scotland and chief executive of one of that country’s major letting agencies ia...

An umbrella organisation representing parts of the private rented sector is to be put before the Scottish parliament in a bid...

Belvoir remains unrepentant after criticism from some quarters over an email sent to tenants last week intimating that a vote for...

I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...

Around 40 developers, property consultants and block managers have sent an open letter to the new government - being elected today...

The chief executive of the Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the...

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...

Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...

While much of the lettings industry protests against Labour proposals for rent controls and three year tenancies, an influential pressure group...

There are “advantages all round” in the certainty that three-year tenancies and even rent controls can offer, according to the head...