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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

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

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

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

There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

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

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

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

A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails.  Over...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

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

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

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

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

Propertymark’s monthly political and government update webinars are set to continue in 2024 - General Election year. A statement from the trade...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

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...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

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

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

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

Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

A total of 13 franchisees from brands within the Belvoir Group have graduated from what the firm calls “a unique new...

A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...

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

A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

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

A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...

A prominent lettings agent has called for a wider reform of eviction rules. This follows a demand by a group of...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

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...

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

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

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...

Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

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

Propertymark has revealed its latest top table of elected and unelected spokespeople forming its new leadership team. The new chair of the...

It looks as if the Labour Party is turning its back on rent controls on England and Wales. In the past year...

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

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

A newspaper says Labour is seeking to woo renter voters by allowing councils to restrict new build homes to first time...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament this...

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

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

Propertymark has given advice to the new Scottish National Party leader and Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf. The trade group’s head of...

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...

An agent claims that if Labour wins the next General Election there will be what he calls “misguided meddling” across the...

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 Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

Letting agents in Scotland are angry at the Scottish Government for increasing the tax surcharge on buyers of buy to lets...

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...

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

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...

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...

A consultation period has started on another council’s set of proposals to clampdown on HMOs. Blackburn with Darwen council wants to impose...

It’s been confirmed that the controversial Renters Reform Bill will still be introduced by the end of this session of Parliament,...

Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...

A jury has ruled that a lettings agency has been guilty of illegally evicting tenants in Margate - with locks changed,...

A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...

Part of the Connells empire, John D Wood & Co., is moving to a larger office in a lettings hotspot in...

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

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...

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

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

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