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![Sustainable green lettings office launched after revamp](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC6-400x310.png)
An agency has upgraded a lettings office after what it describes as a makeover by ‘green office and retail design consultants’. The...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Households will have to invest in Green technology - Carney](/upload/images/EcoHomes-2-400x310.png)
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS urges Labour to do more on housing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it welcomes the new Labour government’s ambitious housing plans - but it also casts...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for Starmer to review Energy Performance Certificates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
There’s a call from a prominent international building science service for the new Labour government to review the Energy Performance Certificates. EPCs...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark lukewarm on Labour housing reforms](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1487630333.jpg)
Propertymark has struck a lukewarm tone in its response to Labour’s housing ambitions. The trade body says that to meet its manifesto...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Starmer names minister to steer through Rental Reform Legislation](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_431846332.jpg)
Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...
06 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour has a mandate to help renters become buyers - PropTech claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s Housing Policies - next five years start today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Housing Plans hitting the ground running after Thursday](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove: Rental EPCs must be improved with government help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![No explicit pledge to spread rent controls further in Scotland - SNP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Scottish National Party, which as part of an alliance with the Greens introduced controversial rent controls in Scotland in 2022,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Eco-Improvements demanded by most tenants - new bank survey](/upload/images/shutterstock_2208680371.jpg)
A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter backs Labour eviction and housing policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_1690158259.jpg)
Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 to be scrapped by Labour immediately](/upload/images/shutterstock_2189665543.jpg)
Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Proposed Capital Gains Tax rise would hit rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Distinctly Underwhelmed by Tories’ manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Word-for-Word - Conservative Rental and Housing Manifesto Pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Challenge - Tories pledge 'no change' but will Labour follow?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councils ‘must take over ex-private rental Right To Buy flats’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Eco-grants and first time buyer help - Rightmove’s Election Wishlist](/upload/images/shutterstock_2028954719.jpg)
Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayor Khan accused of failing over rental sector reforms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
In an early General Election skirmish, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to enact key private rental...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beefed Up EPC must be priority for next government - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents, Start Your Engines - Formula 1 figures to address agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_1723539334.jpg)
Letting agents are being invited to two senior Formula 1 figures on how to improve their performance. Neil Martin has held senior...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Agency launches custom-made AI-powered CRM system](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
An AI-powered Customer Relationship Management system tailored specifically for letting and estate agents has been launched by an individual agency. Preston Baker...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Far cheaper to rent than to buy in London - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stop Killing Market with Rent Controls, agents tell minister](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lights Out and Away We Go: F1 star to address agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Claire Williams, the former team principal of the legendary Williams Formula One Team , has been named as one of the...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - we’re unlikely to follow Scotland, says housing chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Political Chaos is perfect time to ditch rent controls - housing bodies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2414859941.jpg)
The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Toxic attitude to Private Renting may now change, hopes lettings chief](/upload/images/shutterstock_2406793903.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Extraordinary 200 amendments to Renters Reform Bill in Commons today](/upload/images/shutterstock_1059911315.jpg)
There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows market returning to normal](/upload/images/shutterstock_2271512647.jpg)
Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - Call by Labour MPs in defiance of party policy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency unveils “renewable, sustainable, green branch office”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Furious at Permanent Rent Controls proposed by politicians](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control architect threatens new package of ‘reforms’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - new RICS standard for agents to launch this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Major agency announces link with renting-in-retirement specialist](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![E-bike Fires cause new tenancy and insurance concerns](/upload/images/shutterstock_2190390549.jpg)
Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Carbon Neutral Claim by large lettings and sales agency group](/upload/images/shutterstock_2045358749.jpg)
Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year. A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surge in interest for energy efficient homes - Rightmove data](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Report downplays ‘posh’ image of Build To Rent flats and tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge number of new rental licensing schemes set for 2024](/upload/images/shutterstock_1937885968.jpg)
A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![High profile agency snaps up London independent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![House builders overwhelmingly want Labour to win General Election](/upload/images/383356447.png)
A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Double digit annual rent inflation for five quarters in a row](/upload/images/shutterstock_1338355010.jpg)
Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill won’t take effect until late 2024 at the earliest](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agency marks major expansion into rentals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Details emerge of permanent rent control proposal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour will keep Right To Buy in England if it wins election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investors compete with owner occupiers - Nationwide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent unhappy at “missed opportunity” to help rental and other housing sectors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC Change On The Way? New energy ratings planned by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - owners all at sea over where to start](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Expensive rental eco-heat scheme needs rethink - top agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Watchdog slams GetAgent over misleading website claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency group hits eco-target eight years ahead of schedule](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group claims it reached carbon neutrality in 2022, eight years ahead of its original target of 2030. The firm says...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![New energy efficiency U-turn welcomed by leading agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents get angry with pro-rent control politicians](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - Eco-activists jubilant after agents suffer legal setback](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency’s first Short Lets Broker to handle month-plus tenancies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Self employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed a former Hamptons agent to handle short lets for clients. Nina Wallrock, who has...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ role must be enhanced by Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_431846332(2).jpg)
The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reapit’s new PropTech deal pledges to cut through licensing red tape](/upload/images/shutterstock_538089325.jpg)
Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control threat - agents warn politicians not to meddle with market](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Propertymark has issued a statement warning politicians not to introduce rent controls by the backdoor through processes which tinker with the...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC Relaxation: warning that boiler grant awareness still low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given strong support to the government’s “flexible and affordable” approach to the green policy agenda, Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fine & Country increases brand coverage in Scotland](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the agency has added a further...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ousted Green Party still arguing for rent controls in key battleground](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Green shoots of rental recovery - lettings chief’s claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC Ratings - rental sector won't improve without grants, warns legal expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
A legal expert says there is too little practical help available to transform the energy efficiency reputation of the private rental...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control political coalition likely to stay until 2026](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPCs and Energy Efficiency - agents to discuss issue this autumn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government. It feels...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Bank announces latest private rental sector initiative](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Details have been given of Lloyds Bank’s latest dive into the Build To Rent market. Its BTR arm, Citra, has acquired 49...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency teach-in for agents happens tomorrow](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Stricter EPCs - Rightmove warns it could take DECADES to retrofit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Low_EPC-400x310.png)
A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![High end agency’s new lettings head has 20 years local experience](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rishi Sunak hints at fundamental reform of EPC system](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC targets threaten private rental sector if they are unchanged](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Stricter proposals for energy efficiency under review by the government risk damaging the private rental sector if they remain unchanged. That’s the...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell Gove they’re disappointed with housing pledges](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPC changes to rental properties to be ‘relaxed’ - Gove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...
23 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![New London office for agency with 4,800 units under management](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A new office in the London suburb of North Acton has been announced by the LIFE Residential agency. The firm already has...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls backfire - Propertymark speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Show Green! Tenants want agents to display eco-credentials](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - would a General Election make it or break it?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - Agents asked for help building case against](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association is looking for help from letting agents in building a case against rent controls. The association is...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent operator plays the ‘pets in lets’ card](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/WomanWithDog-400x310'.png)
Two thirds of pet owning tenants have faced challenges finding a place to rent - at least according to a survey...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Historic agency snaps up much-loved family lettings firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Midlands-based property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its third business in five months. It’s snapped up Chipping Campden-based Andrew Greenwood Estate...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fight Back Against Rent Controls - rallying call to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big increase in ‘good EPC’ buy to let mortgage borrowing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
One of the biggest lenders in the rental space - Paragon Bank - recorded a 19 per cent increase in buy...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls extended despite Propertymark opposition](/upload/images/shutterstock_1032274147.jpg)
The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months, despite widespread opposition from the lettings...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Going Green - sustainable branch is template for network](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
A Leaders branch office revamp has been launched with claims of it being fully sustainable. The Lewes branch of Leaders - part...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock data shows how Green Belt could slash housing shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A development site sourcing firm claims that reclassifying just one per cent of England’s Green Belt could unlock space for almost...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - politicians demand series of extra restrictions](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Eco-experiment with zero interest loans for ‘greener’ homes](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
The Nationwide Building Society is embarking on an experiment - at first for owner occupiers only - which may be extended...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark gives green light to free Rightmove training](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgent-400x310.png)
Propertymark has recognised the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) offered by Rightmove. Both Propertymark and its training arm...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![New consultation on second home council tax hikes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxRefund-400x310.png)
A new consultation by one of the national governments within the UK advocates giving more councils power to make huge rises...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![So Much For Rent Controls - figures show increases, not falls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Backfired! Rent controls hurt lettings as government flounders](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
Research from Propertymark highlights a growing concern for the private rental sector in Scotland. As the Scottish National Party lurches from crisis...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent blasts government over huge second home tax increase](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
An agent has spoken out about a proposal to allow huge council tax rises on second homes and empty properties. New Scottish...