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![Rayner ditches ‘Levelling Up’ and is just Housing Secretary](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The term “Levelling Up” - introduced by ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson - has been ditched by the new deputy Prime Minister,...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tory ex-housing ministers at war over Rishi Sunak’s premiership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Market already cooling thanks to Election speculation - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sunak in No 10 - Sigh of relief from agents and industry](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sunak is new PM - here's what we know about his housing policies](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![What now for Housing Secretary who backs a non-starter?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
It’s been an embarrassing weekend for Housing Secretary Simon Clarke - backing a candidate for the Tory leadership who didn’t turn...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants with Pets - protection for landlords key to progress](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/CoupleWithDog-400x310.png)
A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pets In Lets - no answer yet to issues of damage and costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![No major rental reform debate at Tory Party conference](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest rate rise announced by the Bank of England](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BankofEngland-400x310.png)
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform future uncertain as new housing minister stays quiet](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/house%20of%20lords_jpg%20400%20x%20310.png)
Lee Rowley is the new housing minister, specifically responsible for taking charge of the government’s rental reform agenda. The government has confirmed...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla and charity launch campaign for higher benefits for tenants](/upload/images/library/zoopla_new_logo400x310.png)
Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![We need a Minister for Renting says lettings marketing chief](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HousingVision-400x310.jpg)
A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Online agency boss warns against delaying rental reform](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
The boss of an online lettings agency is warning the government against undue delay and greater uncertainty in the rental reform...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Johnson loyalists made temporary housing ministers](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists begin lobbying new Conservative housing chief](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/GeneralElection-2017-400x310.jpg)
Within two hours of Greg Clarke being appointed by Boris Johnson as the new Housing Secretary, the leader of Generation Rent...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings chief slams latest Boris Johnson off-the-cuff housing idea](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
A prominent lettings Industry figure has slammed Boris Johnson’s latest housing market utterances, branding them “off the cuff” and likely to...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Question mark over rental reform as housing ministers quit](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices400x310.png)
If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy extension plans criticised as “laughable … unworkable”](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn Boris Johnson: “Stop punishing the private rental sector”](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
A new survey is a warning the government that it must stop forcing landlords out of the private rental sector by...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Vote 2022 - today's elections could change course of rental reform](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Conservative-logo400x310.png)
A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief’s cautious welcome for extended Right To Buy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageDepositImage-400x310.jpg)
The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter leads opposition to new tenant Right To Buy proposal](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![It’s here - Lifetime Deposit concept launched ahead of government reform](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTechImage-400x310.jpg)
PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Minister Madness! Industry supplier hits out at politicians](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![What future for rental reform under new housing minister?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
Housing ministers come and go with brutal frequency in UK governments of all colours, so yesterday’s departure of Chris Pincher -...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Low tenant and public awareness over Boiler changes, say MPs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BOXTBoilerInstallation-400x310.jpg)
Many people - including agents, landlords and tenants - are unprepared for the domestic heating revolution on its way to Britain. That’s...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Improve rentals as many tenants can’t buy, government told](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent re-runs argument with government over Section 21](/upload/images/Logos/GenerationRent-logo400x310.png)
Campaign group Generation Rent, led by former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has renewed its call for the scrapping of Section 21...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove - what's in the new Housing Secretary's lettings in-tray?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Ban: government accused of hypocrisy over tenants’ rights](/img/default/lat.png)
Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Boris Johnson’s choice of agent to let his country house](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and predictably, he’s chosen an upmarket letting agent. Strutt &...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid - how it's hit the lettings market over the past year](/img/default/lat.png)
With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Art for Art’s Sake - NHS Heroes supported by Barrows & Forrester](/img/default/lat.png)
'Forward in Unity' is a mural painted by Gent48, a renowned Birmingham street artist. It's situated in the centre of Digbeth...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boris Johnson confirms eviction ban is “under review”](/img/default/lat.png)
The Prime Minister has told MPs that the eviction ban effectively in place now but scheduled to expire on January 11...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vocal supporter of rental licensing arrested in corruption probe](/img/default/lat.png)
Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![‘We want a Minister for Renting’ says critic of traditional buy to let](/img/default/lat.png)
A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Renting off the hook? Government intervention shifts to ownership](/img/default/lat.png)
Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Pro-ban activists stage direct action boot camps to resist evictions](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Pressure piles on Boris Johnson to create aid fund for tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boris Johnson told: You’ve kicked the rental sector in the teeth](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years. In a...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Starmer says ban not enough - ‘scrap Section 21 now’](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour leader Keir Starmer says the latest extension of the eviction ban is insufficient without a comprehensive plan by government. “This eleventh...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent giant pledges ‘net zero carbon enabled’ by 2030](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Mystery surrounds backers of “let’s pay no rent” campaign](/img/default/lat.png)
Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour wants eviction ban ‘reinstated’ for Coronavirus crisis period](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government confirms anti-eviction measures to be revealed shortly](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s new rent control plan is “a disaster for tenants” - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Shelter boss and lettings agency critic honoured in New Year’s list](/img/default/lat.png)
The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Warnings that further rental reform mustn’t jeopardise supply](/img/default/lat.png)
Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tories should adopt Labour housing policy, say anti-agent campaigners](/img/default/lat.png)
Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Section 8 reform and new Housing Court 'should be early Johnson priorities'](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tories' Lifetime Deposit idea is fundamentally flawed - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading provider of deposit alternatives has voiced concern at the Conservatives’ proposal to have a lifetime deposit scheme to make...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tories’ Lifetime Deposits get backing from trade group and renters](/img/default/lat.png)
The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association. Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lifetime Rental Deposits backed by Tories as Labour revamps council housing](/img/default/lat.png)
On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and Stamp Duty uncertainty prompt buy to let investor pause](/img/default/lat.png)
New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Eight Cabinet ministers are private landlords - and claim rent on expenses](/img/default/lat.png)
The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shelter complains to Boris Johnson about a lettings agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lettings trade body congratulates Johnson on election success](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘Hands off the private rental sector’ - warning to new Prime Minister](/img/default/lat.png)
Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent: industry and government go back to court](/img/default/lat.png)
Both sides of the Right To Rent debate are squaring up for their latest court battle. Earlier this year the High Court...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Note to Tory leadership duo: help the lettings industry!](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Note to Tory leadership candidates - Scrap Right To Rent!](/img/default/lat.png)
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been given a message from a consortium of groups this morning - Scrap Right To...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Boris knew agent accreditation scheme was doomed to fail, says new Mayor](/img/default/lat.png)
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has criticised Boris Johnson's handling of the London Rental Standard, an accreditation scheme for landlords...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief tells new London mayor: 'treat rental sector as an ally'](/img/default/lat.png)
The outgoing director of the Your Move chain of lettings agents says the new London mayor - whether Sadiq Khan or...
06 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Boris backs lettings reform and banning rogue agents](/img/default/lat.png)
London Mayor and Tory leadership wannabee Boris Johnson wants rogue operators in the private rental sectors to be banned with repeat...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Mayor’s LRS criticised for ‘failing private renters’](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the Labour party’s London Assembly members has criticised Boris Johnson’s London Rental Standard (LRS), saying it is ‘falling private...
10 June 2015
From: Breaking News
![Mayor’s accreditation scheme criticised despite ‘letting agent success’](/img/default/lat.png)
After celebrating its year anniversary this week, Boris Johnson’s London Rental Standard has been criticised for signing up only 12% of...