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A former housing minister responsible for the sell off of huge numbers of social homes has told the Prime Minister he...

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...

MPs today discuss the impact of Universal Credit on the private rented sector, in a debate prompted by the Liberal Democrat’s...

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

The government’s formal consultation on its proposed ban for fees levied on tenants by agents has been greeted with derision and...

Developers and investors have written to housing minister Brandon Lewis proposing a three-point action plan that could see more than 250,000...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has given its support for what appears to be a government U-turn on Client Money...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backed the raft of measures seen by many as anti-buy to let, including the restriction on...

It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...

The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size and a re-defining of what constitutes a House in Multiple Occupation in...

Local councils are being urged to drop landlord licensing schemes following the publication of new laws showing that they are not...

Mixed-use developer Muse says it will submit plans for a 100-unit Build To Let scheme at part of a retail, office...

A major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the private rented sector risks undermining confidence in the new Section 21 legislation...

The government has confirmed that it has no plan to ban letting agency fees in England. Fees are already banned in Scotland...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has made it clear that Build To Let - the investment by institutions to build and then...

London Mayor and Tory leadership wannabee Boris Johnson wants rogue operators in the private rental sectors to be banned with repeat...

Brandon in Suffolk is the most profitable location for pensioners to invest in buy-to-let property with an average yield of 8.59%. This...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...

Letting agents and other industry professionals are being consulted ver changes to the sector’s regulation - including possible blacklisting of rogue...

The government appears to be trying to push its controversial idea to allow much more tenant-led sub-letting of private rented property...

The government’s apparent opposition to council-wide landlord licensing schemes will be put to the test in the coming weeks following a...

Airbnb is letting out a two-bedroom floating house on the Thames to publicise the changes in short term letting rules in...

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much so that television pundits spent all night after the vote rubbishing...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry voice to say that Brandon Lewis, the newly-reappointed housing minister, should...

The quick-off-the-mark Residential Landlords Association appeared to earn brownie points for the entire private rental sector by sending a congratulatory message...

An analysis by The Guardian newspaper shows that 153 MPs from the last Parliament declared an income from renting out at...

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...