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Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

The British Property Federation says it is doing all it can to urge the fledgling Build To Rent sector to fall...

The government’s formal consultation on its proposed ban for fees levied on tenants by agents has been greeted with derision and...

The government has finally unveiled its formal consultation process on the proposal to ban letting agents levying fees on tenants in...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has written to an immigration minister to express its concern over possible ‘further sanctions’ for landlords who...

There has been widespread pleasure from throughout the industry at the government’s decision to accept the recommendation of a working group...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...

The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell is organising a series of regional meetings for property professionals to give him their view of his...

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...

A campaigning lettings agent is demanding action over what he suggests is a tenancy deposit system that is in need of...

It’s been a long time coming but the government’s White Paper on Housing - tipped to contain major reforms affecting the...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell says recent changes to buy to let mortgage interest relief and stamp duty will only affect a...

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...

The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...

The government will today announce that it is banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - meaning the fees will instead...

The government’s wave of measures to clamp down on the private rental sector and introduce harsher regulations for investors and landlords...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has responded to the latest government recommendations for tighter controls on the private rental sector...

The National Landlords Association claims that changes to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief being introduced in six months time...

Letting agents have just a week left to add their voice to the debate on whether mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP)...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is the latest industry body to back the Government's review of mandatory Client Money...

A campaign group is urging letting agents to join with landlords in lobbying MP over the government’s change to buy to...

Another major organisation within the private rental sector has thrown its weight behind mandatory Client Money Protection for letting agents in the...

Several influential industry bodies have thrown their weight behind a review into whether Client Money Protection should be mandatory for letting...

Letting agents and others in the industry have until October 3 to respond to a new review in to Client Money...

Belvoir is calling on the government to reverse its punitive tax policies against buy to let and introduce incentives to make...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has agreed to meet campaigners opposed to the clampdown on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief. The measure -...

The new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, says he is behind the concept of longer tenancies for renters in the private sector.   In...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says Gavin Barwell, the new housing minister appointed by Theresa May this week, is a known critic...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have asked new housing minister Gavin Barwell to...