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Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...

Owners of vacant properties are being offered an improved incentive to bring their house back into use. Plymouth council is re-launching its...

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

Propertymark has called on the government to reintroduce the Empty Homes Programme following the latest news that England has a growing...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

Council tax premiums being considered in Wales would be insufficient to persuade short let and holiday home owners to move their...

A new consultation by one of the national governments within the UK advocates giving more councils power to make huge rises...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

An agent has spoken out about a proposal to allow huge council tax rises on second homes and empty properties. New Scottish...

West Oxfordshire council is the latest to demand new government legislation to increase council tax on empty and second homes in...

A council is introducing a service which it claims will help identify properties which cannon future be used as private rental...

A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

A council wants public views on empty private homes in its patch - but doesn’t want to talk about publicly-owned empty...

The number of long-term empty homes has risen in every region of the UK during 2022 according to new government figures. The...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...

The government has released more details of the powers being given to local authorities to levy additional taxes on second homes.  The...

Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

There was much publicity this week for the efforts of the Welsh Government to deter the letting of second homes. Now it...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

There are few silver linings to today’s Coronavirus crisis but there’s a heroic effort being made by a short let accommodation...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

A Labour council serving one of the largest private rental communities in the country is reported to have failed to have...

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

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

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...

London landlords and letting agents could be missing out on up to £111 million of short-term rental revenue each year, according...

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

A council is warning agents and landlords not to sit on long term vacant properties.   The warning, from Liverpool council, comes as...