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The national homelessness charity Crisis has unearthed shocking findings about a common but under-reported form of homelessness – sofa surfing. The report,...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

A pressure group that has spoken out against letting agents and landlords is urging private tenants to take part in a...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

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

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

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

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

Lloyds Bank appears to have contacted at least some of its letting agent clients to say that it is closing all...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

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

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...

A senior figure at a deposit replacement service says the current flurry of changes in the private rental sector are positive. Daniel...

The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...

A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...

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

A gloomy report from The Deposit Protection Service says the UK’s rental market is in recession for the first time since...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...

Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

The British Property Federation is calling upon more councils to support Build To Rent following the government’s recognition of the sector in...

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members to tell landlord clients that they have only a month to...

It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...

Net buy to let investment has fallen 80 per cent in the past two years, a mortgage lenders’ group claims.  The Intermediary...

At least one trade body has expressed an apparent scepticism about whether the rebranding of the Department of Communities and Local...

The average UK rent increased just £11.55 or 1.51 per cent over the last year according to The Deposit Protection Service. The new DPS...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has repeated his criticism of the government’s decision to cap security deposits at the level of...

A family-run lettings agency says its viability is seriously threatened by the likely fees ban to be introduced in 2018 -...

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

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

Romans says one in four of its registered buyers in the first half of this year has been an investor, suggesting...

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says recent fiscal changes hitting the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their...

Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...

Properties let out via Airbnb in the Republic of Ireland may come under greater planning scrutiny.    It follows the news that a...

Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...

Some of the property professionals behind the campaign against the changes to buy to let landlords’ taxation have compiled a comprehensive...

A senior Conservative peer has renewed his attack on his own party over the buy to let tax grab on landlords,...

The financial downturn was “probably the best thing that could have happened” to this country’s private rental sector according to lettings...

The chairman of the Residential Landlords’ Association has restated how he sees the private rental sector could help solve the country’s...

Airbnb has hit back at a claim by the Residential Landlords Association that lets promoted by the firm effectively worsened London’s housing...

Former shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham - now Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester - has outlined a string of...

Some 27 per cent of landlords consider an online letting agency to be a more attractive option for managing property than...

The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...

This evening at 9pm sees the start of a second season of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords on Channel 5.  The 10-part series...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now “worse than levels witnessed...

The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...

The BBC’s One Show has shown an immigration raid on a property, of the kind that may become more common once...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

Falling demand from financial services sector employees has seen the annual rental value growth in prime central London ease back to...

The managing director of the mortgages division of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, says George...

It appears almost certain that the Bank of England is preparing for new mortgage controls in a bid to dampen what...

Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...

The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...

The petition against the proposed tax changes outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in last month’s Budget has now achieved 20,000 signatures. This...

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...

More evidence of a possible affordability issue in the private rental sector has been produced from a survey of Londoners earning...

A letting agent is urging landlords to try to circumnavigate tax changes aimed at the buy to let sector by incorporating...

One in four households in the UK will be privately renting by 2025 - that’s the conclusion of research by respected...

Changes announced to the amount of money ordinary home owners can secure, tax-free, from letting out rooms in their homes have...

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...

The head of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association is telling the Bank of England to back away from its strident warnings...

The UK Association of Letting Agents has teamed up with around 30 other European professional property bodies to consider how to...

A city worried that the explosion of short lets offered via Airbnb may worsen its existing housing crisis is next month...

The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...

The Mirror newspaper has taken the extraordinary step of naming the landlords - some of them letting agencies or private individuals...

The Residential Landlords Association says it has “deep concerns” over the Panorama programme broadcast early this week claiming that landlords were...

The pressure group Generation Rent - which has been sharply critical of letting agents, landlords and the private rental sector in...

Rents across England and Wales are now 15.2 per cent higher than at the time of the last General Election in...