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The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

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

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

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

A prominent independent lettings agency says the typical tenant outside of London now spends 63 per cent of their household income...

A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched.   Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...

An online rental platform warns the average rent bill could reach as much as £2,270/month if prices rise in line with...

Crossrail rental values have climbed by 15 per cent on average in the last year alone - before this week’s opening...

A council-run private rental sector lettings agency which so far claims to manage 300 properties it launching an advertising campaign to...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...

A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...

London’s mass transit service, Transport for London, has won consent for 853 homes at a huge scheme in the west of the...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

New research has thrown light for the first time on the gap between the rental affordability of male and female workers...

A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

Experts suggest that Build To Rent is likely to be heavily promoted when the government announces its latest revamp to the...

A housing charity has called for the government to build more affordable social homes for rent to help families 'trapped' in...

Steve Bolton, founder of investment consultancy Platinum Property Partners and one of two landlords who have led a campaign against restricting...

Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants the government to allocate more spending and greater political priority to housing, after new...

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is the latest to say he would consider rent controls in the private sector if he...

Changes announced to the amount of money ordinary home owners can secure, tax-free, from letting out rooms in their homes have...

There has been widespread criticism of Labour's proposals for the private rental sector. The policies will “backfire” according to the National Landlords’ Association.  "We understand...