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Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...

Airbnb’s global chief executive has suggested that the short lets platform may handle longer term rentals in future. Brian Chesky, in an...

The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...

HSBC is increasing its maximum mortgage term to 40 years for buy to let, purchase, remortgaging and additional borrowing. Second homes will...

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

Labour says it will enact a law banning company bosses from contacting staff outside working hours. The Financial Times reported over the weekend that party...

Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...

The Financial Times has an exclusive saying allowances on property taxes such as Capital Gains and Inheritance will be frozen -...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets tomorrow, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...

The rate at which holiday let businesses is being set up has more than doubled during the pandemic according to the...

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

Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

The Property Academy’s latest webinar, to be held this afternoon, is to be addressed by a behavioural economist and frequent contributor...

Labour has dropped its controversial policy under which private tenants would have been able to buy their homes at a discount. Press...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

A leading PropTech chief says there is nothing inherently wrong with private tenants being given the right to buy their property,...

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

Labour has this morning pledged to introduce a shock new policy if it wins the next general election - giving private...

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...

PropTech repairs company Fixflo has appointed digital guru Michael Murphy as non-executive chairman. Murphy has previously worked in high-growth and digital subscription...

The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...

The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is the latest influential figure to hint that there may soon be additional restrictions...

Two interviews given by a deputy governor of the Bank of England appear to suggest that there will soon be additional...

Known as Britain’s biggest landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson have started to sell off their 1,000 strong property portfolio. The ex-teachers from...