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A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons.  A home insurance company...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...

An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

One of the PropTech companies at the centre of the Rent Recognition Challenge contest is calling on letting agents to use...

The select committee monitoring the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government will continue its deliberations today on the government’s ban...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

The government has been urged by a London council to act now to end letting fees for private renters.   Hackney council says...

Tenant arrears are rising in Scotland, even though letting agents’ fees on tenants are banned. Agents’ fees on renters, which are legal in...