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It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

A former housing minister responsible for the sell off of huge numbers of social homes has told the Prime Minister he...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

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...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

Propertymark’s monthly political and government update webinars are set to continue in 2024 - General Election year. A statement from the trade...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

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

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

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...

A prominent lettings agent has called for a wider reform of eviction rules. This follows a demand by a group of...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove will address the main Conservative party Conference on Tuesday morning next week - but perhaps his most...

It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

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

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

It looks as if the Labour Party is turning its back on rent controls on England and Wales. In the past year...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

A newspaper says Labour is seeking to woo renter voters by allowing councils to restrict new build homes to first time...

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

An agent claims that if Labour wins the next General Election there will be what he calls “misguided meddling” across the...

A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...

The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...

The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

It’s been confirmed that the controversial Renters Reform Bill will still be introduced by the end of this session of Parliament,...

Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...

Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...

Two franchise giants - Hunters and The Property Franchise Group - say their combined lettings book underpins their recent deal. In a...

It appears that the Renters Reform Bill - a key measure in the 2019 Conservative General Election manifesto - has been...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

Investment into the purpose-built Build To Rent sector in the UK dropped significantly last year. Some £273.8m was invested in the fourth...

A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...

A ginger group that supports the Labour party says the government’s bid to stop pet bans is meaningless and does not...

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has set out its demands should the governmental go ahead with proposals for lifetime deposits. In...

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...

The new government must prioritise the implementation of proposals to ensure letting agents and others in the industry are appropriately qualified. That’s...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

A prominent industry trade group says the new government must honour its manifesto commitment to strengthen the right of “good landlords”...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...

Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...

Controversial housing charity Shelter claims that private renters are collectively paying out £11 billion more a year – around £425 a...

A broad commitment to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto - and it’s been welcomed by a...

The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru is pledging tax credits for private tenants whose rent and utilities bills add up to...

A pressure group that has spoken out against letting agents and landlords is urging private tenants to take part in a...

A leading provider of deposit alternatives has voiced concern at the Conservatives’ proposal to have a lifetime deposit scheme to make...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...

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

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...