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06 March 2024
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The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...
04 March 2024
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The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...
03 March 2024
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While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...
13 February 2024
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A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
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Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...
02 January 2024
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Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...
21 December 2023
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A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...
31 October 2023
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MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...
24 October 2023
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A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...
11 October 2023
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Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...
10 October 2023
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...
02 October 2023
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It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...
27 September 2023
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A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...
01 June 2023
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A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...
18 May 2023
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Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...
03 April 2023
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The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...
09 March 2023
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The controversial ban on private rental sector rent rises and evictions is to continue in Scotland for another six months at...
16 January 2023
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A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...
21 November 2022
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The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...
12 October 2022
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The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...
11 October 2022
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Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...
27 September 2022
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A prominent supporter of new Prime Minister Liz Truss has spoken out against rent controls. Veteran Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, who...
08 September 2022
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A prominent Welsh Conservative politician has called for a reform of the strict measures imposed on the private rental sector in...
12 August 2022
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Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...
05 August 2022
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If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...
07 July 2022
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A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...
20 May 2022
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Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...
10 May 2022
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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
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The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
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Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...
05 January 2022
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A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...
30 December 2021
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Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...
03 November 2021
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The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...
29 October 2021
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Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...
18 June 2021
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Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...
02 June 2021
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The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...
26 April 2021
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Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22. Yesterday our...
10 February 2021
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The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...
14 January 2021
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Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
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A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...
09 September 2020
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A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...
07 August 2020
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A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...
09 July 2020
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A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...
03 June 2020
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A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...
05 May 2020
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A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...
21 January 2020
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The Labour party has mocked the government’s £4m new funding for councils to combat rogue agents and landlords as “puny.” A statement...
06 January 2020
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Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...
31 December 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has set out its demands should the governmental go ahead with proposals for lifetime deposits. In...
30 December 2019
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Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...
17 December 2019
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Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...
16 December 2019
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A prominent industry trade group says the new government must honour its manifesto commitment to strengthen the right of “good landlords”...
16 December 2019
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A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...
03 December 2019
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A broad commitment to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto - and it’s been welcomed by a...
26 November 2019
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A leading provider of deposit alternatives has voiced concern at the Conservatives’ proposal to have a lifetime deposit scheme to make...
25 November 2019
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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
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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
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The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
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One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...
18 November 2019
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It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...
11 November 2019
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One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...
01 November 2019
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Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...
05 August 2019
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An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
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The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...
12 July 2019
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Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...
05 July 2019
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Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...
20 May 2019
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New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...
11 October 2018
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Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...
25 September 2018
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Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...
29 August 2018
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A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...
09 July 2018
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Over 70% of Conservative councillors and housing leads have indicated that £2 billion pledged for affordable housing is not enough to...
30 May 2018
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The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...
24 April 2018
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A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...
09 April 2018
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The government has started tweeting that it is to ban letting agents’ fees in England - but still isn’t revealing when...
04 January 2018
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The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...
05 October 2017
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The Conservatives have used their annual conference in Manchester to unveil a raft of new controls and regulations applying to the...
02 October 2017
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24 July 2017
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Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let. Writing on the Conservative...
19 July 2017
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The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...
21 June 2017
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The boss of 300 branch agency Belvoir has called on the government to appoint a cross-party housing tsar to work with...
19 June 2017
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The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton...
16 June 2017
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A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...
15 June 2017
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Former Conservative Party leader and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is set to speak at a lettings sector event...
13 June 2017
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Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...
31 May 2017
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In a blog which appears - perhaps surprisingly - to be supportive of Theresa May’s General Election manifesto, campaigning charity Shelter...
26 May 2017
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Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...
25 May 2017
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Some 1,500 landlords have responded to a trade group’s campaign calling for them to press General Election candidates to oppose changes...
22 May 2017
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The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...
18 May 2017
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The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...
03 May 2017
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A prominent campaigning letting and sales agent predicts that the Conservatives are likely to put their proposed ban on letting agency...
21 April 2017
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Saturday is traditionally the day many MPs hold their constituency surgeries, listening to grievances and opinions from their electors. Conservative member of...
10 February 2017
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As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...
03 October 2016
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Former shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham - now Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester - has outlined a string of...
18 August 2016
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There appears no change in government policy on changing buy to let tax breaks - at least not yet - despite...
10 June 2016
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On the day of the campaign rally to galvanise support for a bid to win a judicial review of George Osborne’s...
09 June 2016
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Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...
11 April 2016
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A London local authority has taken court action against one of its own councillors who has admitted failing to carry out...
19 January 2016
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The row over Tory MPs who voted against a bid to ensure all homes let to private tenants were “fit for...
18 January 2016
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The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...