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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...

A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

The likely general election is an opportunity for the government to make the lettings sector more appealing for would-be landlords, says...

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...

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

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...

Labour insists that if it forms the next government it will introduce ‘living rents’ in a new range of affordable homes...

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

So here it is … a very Merry Christmas from Letting Agent Today and Angels Media, with our very best wishes...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has told a major residential conference that rent controls will definitely not be a policy of the...

Political uncertainty across the UK and increased restrictions on buy to let are leading many landlords to raise rents and review...

Activity in the super prime London market, where tenants are prepared to pay £5,000 or more per week for a home,...

A trade body has welcomed a government U-turn on implementing the ‘Making Tax Digital’ initiative - but it says the decision...

The government’s proposal to limit tenancy deposits to one month of rent and reservation fees to one week of rent will...

London rents have fallen by an average 5.0 per cent in the past year according to new data released by Your...

Rents in Scotland dropped 2.3 per cent on average in the month leading up to the General Election according to Your...

After criticism of many younger voters allegedly failing to turn out during the June 2016 EU Referendum, new analysis of voter...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...

A trade body wants independent inventories to become mandatory across the lettings sector - and it pledges to mount a campaign...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched its Quarter Two Landlords Survey. The research study has been launched hot on the heels...

Former Conservative Party leader and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is set to speak at a lettings sector event...

The prospect of today's General Election as well as ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union is having a...

A group of letting agencies in Yorkshire have proposed to the government a radical alternative to the proposed fees ban -...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...

ARLA Propertymark says the number of properties managed per member increased marginally last month, from 183 to 185 - but there was...

In a blog which appears - perhaps surprisingly - to be supportive of Theresa May’s General Election manifesto, campaigning charity Shelter...

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

The Residential Landlords’ Association is demanding that the new government improves the “slow, complex, and underfunded” system which means that it...

Some 1,500 landlords have responded to a trade group’s campaign calling for them to press General Election candidates to oppose changes...

Hunters says its franchise agents and offices may suffer less than other firms thanks to their sales operations.   Addressing the Hunters Group...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

The Labour Party has published its full manifesto for the upcoming General Election on June 8.  Titled 'For the many not the...

A group of rural landlords has called on the government to clarify Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) legislation being introduced next...

A Liberal Democrat spokesman has used a lettings sector trade body website to outline his party’s support for a range of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it has so far received over 700 detailed responses to its consultation on the...

The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...

Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...

A local authority consultation exercise on a licensing system for local landlords has been postponed until June 12, four days after...

A senior Labour spokesman has refused to rule out rent controls as a possible manifesto commitment for the June 8 General...

The anti-letting agency fee pressure group Generation Rent is urging its supporters to participate in the government formal consultation over agents’...

The Residential Landlords Association has repeated its calls for a new housing court “to speed up justice for landlords and tenants.”   The...

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is calling on the government to either extend the consultation period for the proposed ban...

A trade body has suggested that the General Election on June 8 may lead to a government with new priorities, meaning...

A prominent campaigning letting and sales agent predicts that the Conservatives are likely to put their proposed ban on letting agency...

The Department of Communities and Local Government is scrapping a series of workshops for letting agents to discuss the proposed ban...

The ban on letting agents in England imposing fees on tenants is unlikely to be implemented before late next year according...

Labour’s respected housing expert, John Healey, is now back on the front bench as the party’s housing spokesman after a spat...

Unique summary: What does a potential exit from the EU mean for the UK's property market. Ever since the recession hit much...

G15, the largest group of London housing associations, says its members unanimously back a controversial Right to Buy compromise proposal. Under the...

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham is the latest to say he would consider rent controls in the private sector if he...

Pressure group Generation Rent - a thorn in the side of many property professionals in recent years - has launched a...

Some 19 per cent of MPs in the new parliament are landlords according to their entries in the first Register of...

The government appears to be trying to push its controversial idea to allow much more tenant-led sub-letting of private rented property...

This week will see whether Chancellor George Osborne will give in to calls to close some of the tax breaks given...

There has been a 94 per cent increase in prime central London tenancies year-on-year claims Lucy Morton of W A Ellis,...

Property consultancy Daniel Watney LLP is the latest industry operator to label the government’s Right To Rent immigration checks as unworkable,...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

The government’s apparent opposition to council-wide landlord licensing schemes will be put to the test in the coming weeks following a...

One of London’s high-end letting agents says it has experienced a sharp increase in tenant demand since the election after a...

A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...

The general election result was greeted with a sigh of relief throughout the lettings industry. Thanks to the Conservatives' victory, the threat...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry voice to say that Brandon Lewis, the newly-reappointed housing minister, should...

Alex Hilton - a fiercely outspoken critic of the property establishment, especially letting agents - is stepping down tomorrow from his...

The quick-off-the-mark Residential Landlords Association appeared to earn brownie points for the entire private rental sector by sending a congratulatory message...

Generation Rent, the pressure group advocating extensive restrictions on letting agents and private landlords, is now offering an alternative Queen’s Speech...

The new Conservative government must focus on raising standards across the private renal sector according to one of the industry’s leading...

Belvoir remains unrepentant after criticism from some quarters over an email sent to tenants last week intimating that a vote for...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...

I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...

After a night of remarkable election results, it looks likely that much of the residential property industry - which was strongly...

Around 40 developers, property consultants and block managers have sent an open letter to the new government - being elected today...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...

The National Landlords’ Association has set out a table of where the political parties stand on issues of lettings sector reform...

Letting agents have received another warning from legal experts to familiarise themselves with new legislation introduced just before MPs broke up...

Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...

It is to the credit of our political parties - and our own industry’s lobbying - that so many housing-related matters...

Rents across England and Wales are now 15.2 per cent higher than at the time of the last General Election in...