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

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

A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

Propertymark says it’s spotted what may be the first sign of a U-turn on one aspect of the controversial Renters Reform...

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

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

A senior Savills figure, who chairs the trade body known as The Lettings Industry Council, has issued a warning to the...

Once again there is uncertainty over the future of the small lettings division of Purplebricks. The threat of redundancy hangs over staff...

Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies.  It has...

Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...

A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...

Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...

Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...

Purplebricks has revealed that it will cost some £3.6m to correct compliance issues in its lettings division. The agency continues to stay...

Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...

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

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...

A trade magazine and a national newspaper are reporting anger amongst landlords, tenants and housing groups following the discovery of a...

An assessment undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows property taxes accounted for 12.7 per cent of the...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

The line-up has been revealed for the so-called "Tenants’ Tax Summit” this week - the campaign rally for supporters of a...

More criticism of Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of buy to let reforms has appeared in the mainstream media, with much emphasis...

A Conservative peer has criticised the government's ongoing attacks on the private lettings industry saying that the Cameron administration should be...

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents has secured sponsorship from the Daily Telegraph for its annual awards to be held in...

An analysis by a national newspaper shows that investors purchasing buy to let properties with mortgages are likely to lose money...

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...

The head of a landlords’ association has warned the Conservative government not to demonise buy to let investors who typically have...

“Unthought-through”, “unfair and unreasonable” and leading to “extreme confusion” - those are the thoughts of Britain’s leading professional accounting body on...

As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...

Two of Britain's most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, claim demand from prospective tenants is at a record high with...

The Daily Telegraph has undertaken an interesting exercise which effectively challenges Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that buy to let tax changes...

The controversial Right To Rent immigration checks on tenants conducted by letting agents and landlords in the West Midlands since early...

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...

Prominent landlord Liz Hodgkinson has hit out at the allegedly-high fees of letting agents who offer full management services, claiming their...