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Robert Jenrick, who was appointed Housing Secretary by Robert Jenrick in 2019, is to run for Tory party leader. During his time...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...

The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says.  An analysis...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

Details have emerged of the first major events of the new government, whatever the result of the General Election on Thursday. Probably...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

The future of the UK lettings market will be determined by the July 4 election and now PropTech player Reapit |...

Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...

The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...

The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...

The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...

A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

The Labour party has mocked the government’s £4m new funding for councils to combat rogue agents and landlords as “puny.” A statement...

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has set out its demands should the governmental go ahead with proposals for lifetime deposits. In...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...

A prominent industry trade group says the new government must honour its manifesto commitment to strengthen the right of “good landlords”...

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

A broad commitment to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto - and it’s been welcomed by a...

A leading provider of deposit alternatives has voiced concern at the Conservatives’ proposal to have a lifetime deposit scheme to make...

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...

Over 70% of Conservative councillors and housing leads have indicated that £2 billion pledged for affordable housing is not enough to...

The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

The government has started tweeting that it is to ban letting agents’ fees in England - but still isn’t revealing when...

The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...

The Conservatives have used their annual conference in Manchester to unveil a raft of new controls and regulations applying to the...

New research by Channel 4 reveals that 123 MPs - just over one fifth of the total - let out at...

Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let.   Writing on the Conservative...