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There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

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

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...

The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...

A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...

A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove will address the main Conservative party Conference on Tuesday morning next week - but perhaps his most...

It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...

The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...

The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...

A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

New government figures show how overdue the government's reform of private renting is, claims campaigning charity Shelter. The charity says the figures...

An unnamed Conservative MP cited in a newspaper claims up to 30 colleagues may vote against the Renters Reform Bill in...

The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...

A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...

Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...

The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...

The controversial ban on private rental sector rent rises and evictions is to continue in Scotland for another six months at...

Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

The government has made a general commitment to work with those who want council tax reforms for Homes in Multiple Occupation. Earlier...

A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

It’s been an embarrassing weekend for Housing Secretary Simon Clarke - backing a candidate for the Tory leadership who didn’t turn...

The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...

The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...

There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

Lee Rowley is the new housing minister, specifically responsible for taking charge of the government’s rental reform agenda. The government has confirmed...

The landlords’ main trade body is directly challenging a Tory MP who has called for a rent freeze. Natalie Elphicke - in...

A prominent supporter of new Prime Minister Liz Truss has spoken out against rent controls.  Veteran Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, who...

With the campaign for rent controls gathering momentum from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and sympathetic pressure groups, a right wing Conservative-backing...

It has emerged that Generation Rent and Shelter are amongst the charities that have written to Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss...

A prominent Welsh Conservative politician has called for a reform of the strict measures imposed on the private rental sector in...

A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...

Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...

A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...

Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

Within two hours of Greg Clarke being appointed by Boris Johnson as the new Housing Secretary, the leader of Generation Rent...

If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...

The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...

The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...

Rental portal Rentd says the pandemic-long decline in the London rental market is now “reversing at speed”. Rental values are climbing annually...

A London council is urging letting agents and landlords to sign a pledge to encourage tenants to use the local recycling...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...