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The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...

A change to the operation of Universal Credit has been welcomed by a trade body which has described it as good...

It’s been discovered that a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget is likely to hit...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

Over two thirds of landlords are reluctant to invest in new properties as a result of the stamp duty surcharge on...

One of the senior figures in the UK’s burgeoning Build To Rent sector has called on the Chancellor to help this...

After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...

Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...

A trade body says there are 15 formal government consultations going on within the private rental sector - and now it’s...

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...

The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...

Now you have a rare opportunity to tell Phillip Hammond and Treasury civil servants exactly where they are going wrong with...

The Residential Landlords Association has spotted small print from the Budget that may suggest the government is about to review Rent...

The number of new landlords instructing agents is at its lowest for two years - and with worse to come thanks...

A trade body claims that vulnerable tenants are finding it harder to access rented housing because of tax changes being introduced...

As the industry awaits the delivery of today's Spring Budget, the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called on the government...

The Chartered Institute of Housing wants the government to introduce a raft of new measures including significantly greater regulation of letting...

A trade group has commissioned a firm of economists to look at how the government’s mortgage interest tax relief change -...

The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...

The National Landlords Association is making only three demands on the government for its next Budget, because it recognises further reforms...

The government has published a new set of guidelines for organisations, companies and individuals to lobby the Treasury ahead of the...

The campaigners against planned changes to mortgage interest tax relief - set to come into effect from April, phased over four...