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There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

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

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

Caerphilly council in Wales has bought privately owned properties to provide housing for families who would otherwise find themselves in temporary...

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

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...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

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

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

The Fine & Country Foundation’s Annual Carols by Candlelight concert, held in collaboration with King's College Cambridge, has raised £21,061. This will...

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

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

A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...

A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...

A lettings agency has removed a video of an apartment where a murder took place, following an approach by a national...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

Franchise giant Winkworth is opening a new office in West Hampstead, extending its north London footprint from existing offices in neighbouring...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

Housing legal aid is increasingly out of reach for tenants who need help, the Law Society of England and Wales claims.  Quarterly...

A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...

Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...

The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...

The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...

Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...

A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...

Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its unique Rent to Home scheme. Last month it announced that it had invested...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

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

A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...

The Cambridge Building Society has invested in two family-sized houses to expand its unique ‘Rent to Home’ rent-return housing scheme. The two...

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

Airbnb is warning the UK government not to be heavy handed in its planning controls restricting the short lets sector. At the...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

A London lettings agency has been ordered to pay over £12,000 in a fine and costs for its part in running...

Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...

Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on...

A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...

Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...

The government is, as expected, scaling back support for businesses with energy bills from April. Under the new and less expensive scheme,...

Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...

A new survey by HomeLet and Dataloft shows that of 12,000 tenants questioned, over three quarters are worried about the cost...

The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...

A not-for-profit company that matches rental properties with vulnerable tenants in need of accommodation has partnered with a maintenance firm to...

The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

The council in the London borough of Merton will fund an additional payment of £100 per month to residents who host...

The head of the Property Redress Scheme will give agents the lowdown on the recent Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper...

Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

A leading lettings agency has warned the government not to forget the importance of small-scale landlords in its plans for the...

A fast growing five-branch lettings agency now has almost 2,000 properties under management following its latest acquisition. CGT Lettings Limited in Gloucestershire...

Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...

It has emerged that Generation Rent and Shelter are amongst the charities that have written to Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss...

Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...

The government is relying on the private rented sector to bolster its high-profile Homes for Ukraine programme - despite a series...

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management wing of insurance giant Aviva, has announced a deal with a Build To Rent specialist...

An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

The cost-of-living crisis is leading to further dependence on the Bank of Mum and Dad, following an extended period of support...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...