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Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...
16 April 2024
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Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Consisting...
05 April 2024
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NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...
27 March 2024
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The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...
18 March 2024
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Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government. A...
13 March 2024
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Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...
19 February 2024
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A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...
16 February 2024
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A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...
08 January 2024
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Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...
19 December 2023
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Senior Labour MP Clive Betts says the party’s official house building policy won’t actually solve the shortage of homes. Labour deputy leader...
17 November 2023
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A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...
15 November 2023
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New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...
07 November 2023
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Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...
09 October 2023
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The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...
12 September 2023
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John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...
04 July 2023
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Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...
12 June 2023
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A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...
25 April 2023
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A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...
20 April 2023
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The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...
13 April 2023
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New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes. A statement from the Senedd...
05 April 2023
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Propertymark is speaking out about problems with some conversions of commercial property into residential.The warning comes in the trade body’s response...
21 March 2023
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A council is introducing a service which it claims will help identify properties which cannon future be used as private rental...
10 March 2023
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A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...
03 March 2023
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The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on...
02 March 2023
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The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...
31 January 2023
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Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...
27 January 2023
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The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...
05 December 2022
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A lettings agency in the Brighton area which describes itself as “ethical” is closing down due to staffing issues and the...
21 November 2022
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A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched. Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...
16 November 2022
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The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...
29 September 2022
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The National Audit Office has made scathing criticisms of government efforts to build more affordable housing. The public spending watchdog says the...
13 September 2022
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A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...
02 August 2022
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A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...
10 June 2022
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New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation. Nearly one in...
29 April 2022
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One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...
08 March 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...
08 March 2022
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New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
18 February 2022
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Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...
17 February 2022
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A prominent provider in the Build To Rent sector is to offer over 1,300 new rental homes over three sites in...
19 January 2022
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The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
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A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...
23 December 2021
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A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...
06 October 2021
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A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...
05 October 2021
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A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...
24 August 2021
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Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...
23 August 2021
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A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...
02 August 2021
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There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...
02 August 2021
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A politician is stepping up his bid to ban buy to let purchasers acquiring any units at a 150-home scheme. ITV News...
05 July 2021
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A politician in one of the poorest parts of the UK wants his local authority to declare a ‘housing emergency’. Cornish councillor...
23 June 2021
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A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...
27 April 2021
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Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...
10 December 2020
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The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...
07 December 2020
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Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...
24 November 2020
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The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...
20 October 2020
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The investment arm of the Big Issue street newspaper is putting £3m into a new form of lettings agency. Homes for Good was...
02 October 2020
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31 July 2020
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The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...
15 July 2020
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The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...
22 June 2020
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Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months. It will be...
08 June 2020
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A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...
05 May 2020
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A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
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An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...
23 December 2019
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A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...
04 November 2019
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Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...
11 October 2019
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A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...
07 June 2019
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A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...
07 June 2019
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Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...
04 June 2019
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Legal & General has exchanged contracts on two adjacent sites in south London to deliver its largest Built To Rent scheme...
16 May 2019
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Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...
10 December 2018
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The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
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The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...
19 June 2018
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Over 70% of Conservative councillors and housing leads have indicated that £2 billion pledged for affordable housing is not enough to...
30 May 2018
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Labour insists that if it forms the next government it will introduce ‘living rents’ in a new range of affordable homes...
23 April 2018
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Experts suggest that Build To Rent is likely to be heavily promoted when the government announces its latest revamp to the...
05 March 2018
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A housing charity has called for the government to build more affordable social homes for rent to help families 'trapped' in...
20 February 2018
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Legal & General - one of the country’s largest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector - has made a...
11 January 2018
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The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...
05 October 2017
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Almost one in seven private renters are spending more than half of their total income on rent, in stark contrast to...
04 July 2017
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Research by data company Propcision has revealed that across London typical Airbnb rental rates for apartments are double that of long-term rental...
01 November 2016
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The Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...
19 October 2016
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...
21 September 2016
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The National Landlords Association has come out fighting in response to a weekend report by the National Housing Federation suggesting buy...
23 August 2016
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The amount of housing benefit going to private landlords has more than doubled in the past decade according to the National...
22 August 2016
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Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for rent controls and “secure tenancies” in the private rented sector would spell disaster for tenants, reducing the...
08 August 2016
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In one of the first signals that new London Mayor Sadiq Khan backs Build To Rent, his deputy responsible for housing...
14 July 2016
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Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in some areas of the country no fewer than one-in-23 private rental sector tenants are apparently...
17 June 2016
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The influencial cross-party Commons Treasury Committee says the whole economy could suffer is George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental...
15 February 2016
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The managing director of the mortgages division of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, says George...
03 December 2015
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The British Property Federation is urging the government to focus on delivery of all housing tenures, not just owner-occupation. The call came...
12 October 2015
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The Liberal Democrat party says it will use its members in the House of Lords to try to block the government's...
24 September 2015
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The local council in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is starting an investigation into the private rental sector within...