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The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

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...

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

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

The Scottish Government is proposing to give local councils the discretion to charge Council Tax premiums of up to 100 per...

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

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to allow him to levy effectively uncapped council tax bills on...

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

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...

New powers have been revealed to tackle what the Welsh Government calls the ‘problem’ of second homes.  A statement from the Senedd...

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,...

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

A consultation proposing a steep rise in council tax for second homes has won strong public support. Flintshire council in north Wales...

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

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

Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...

ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...

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

A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...

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

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

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

A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...

A director of a lettings agency has been fined for creating false tenancies in a bid to avoid paying council tax...

A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...

A lettings agency says proposals for landlords to pay more council tax on homes they leave empty could indirectly help the...

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

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

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place.  The team behind the site describe...

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

The Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...

The risk of damage to rental properties heightens in winter - especially if homes are empty, according to the Association of...

A police force is appealling to landlords and letting agents to allow their void privately-let properties to be used as potential...

The Master Locksmiths Association has set out advice to letting agents on the best way to secure student properties which in...